EID MUBARAK
Genre
Comedy and Drama
Running time
16 minutes
Year
2021
Language
Urdu
Subtitle
English
Country
Pakistan and United States of America (USA)
Director
Mahnoor Euceph
Bio
Producer
Kamil Chima, Ben O’keefe, Selena Leoni
Cast
Rubab Rasheed, Momina Salman, Barfi , Zoha Rahman, Emmad Butt
Scriptwriter
Mahnoor Euceph
Six-year-old Iman goes with her family to buy a goat, as is the tradition in Pakistan before the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Azha. She picks the cutest one and takes it home. She spends all of her time with the goat, whom she names Barfi, after her favorite Pakistani dessert. Soon, however, she realizes that Barfi is not a pet, but a goat being raised for slaughter. She makes a plan to save Barfi's life before he can be sacrificed on Eid. Along the way, through the help of her family and friends, she learns the true meaning of sacrifice, and the reason behind Eid al-Azha.
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