Muhammad is subjected to an interrogation after airport security checks: the police officers see him as an Arab, a Muslim — and therefore a terrorist. It would be easy to end the interrogation: all he has to do is reveal his queer identity. But the young man does not miss the chance to expose the machinery of stereotypes at work. Witty, sharp, and based on the director’s real‑life experience, this short film is centred on the relationship between an individuality denied by power and the forms of resistance that can be enacted.
Biography
film director
Mohammad Awad
Mohammad Awad is an Arab Muslim film director, writer, playwright and musician. A multifaceted queer artist, he writes and directs short films and visual poems, including The Flower, The Messenger, and Beauty Marks. Awad was a finalist in the Bankstown Poetry Grand Slam for three consecutive years. The short film Flight Risk (2026), which he wrote, directed and starred in, had its world premiere at the 2025 Melbourne Queer Film Festival, reaching the finalists of the PITCH PLEEZ! competition.
Cast
& Credits
Montaggio/Editing Mohammad Awad, Byron Martin
Fotografia/Photography Kate Cornish
Scenografia/Production Design George Artin
Suono/Sound Dante Florez, Kevin Chan
Musica/Music Carla Dobbie
Interpreti/Cast Mohammad Awad, Kate Box and Nicholas Burton
Produzione/Production Fool Fat Productions
