Desert Dancer

"Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban."

Cast

Freida Pinto

as Elaheh

Reece Ritchie

as Afshin Ghaffarian

Tom Cullen

as Ardavan

Nazanin Boniadi

as Parisa Ghaffarian

Marama Corlett

as Mona

Akin Gazi

as Farid Ghaffarian

Simon Kassianides

as Sattar

Makram J. Khoury

as Mehdi

Tolga Safer

as Stephano

Neet Mohan

as Javadi, Naser

Gabriel Senior

as Young Afshin Ghaffarian

Crew

Bjørn Ståle Bratberg

Second Unit Director of Photography

Mohammed Al Turki

Executive Producer

Richard Raymond

Director

Jon Croker

Screenplay

Luis Astorquia

Producer

Fabiola Beracasa Beckman

Producer

Pippa Cross

Producer

Izabella Miko

Producer

Richard Raymond

Producer

Carlos Catalán

Director of Photography

Chris Gill

Editor

Celia Haining

Editor

Manuel Puro

Casting

Shahram Karimi

Production Design

Alistair Kay

Art Direction

Louise Stjernsward

Costume Design

Abdellah Baadil

Assistant Art Director

Dana Schondelmeyer

Costume Supervisor

Akram Khan

Choreographer

Liz West

Script Supervisor

Iain Cooke

Music Supervisor

Ian Neil

Music Supervisor

Raimon Bufí

Gaffer

Lotfi El Gorda

First Assistant Camera

Ben Oliver

First Assistant Camera

Thomas English

Steadicam Operator

Abderrahim Bissar

Rigging Gaffer

Paul Driver

Visual Effects Producer

Ben Shepherd

Visual Effects Supervisor

Ruth Sullivan

Foley

Sandy Buchanan

Foley

Blair Jollands

Sound Effects Editor

Stephen Griffiths

Supervising Sound Editor

Andy Shelley

Supervising Sound Editor

Morag Smith

Key Hair Stylist

Sarah Downes

Makeup Artist

Sophie Slotover

Makeup Designer

Benjamin Wallfisch

Original Music Composer

Alison Lewis

Assistant Costume Designer

Will Whale

Sound Recordist