{{current_slide_index}} getting started one step at a time Kulan Farah is a Melbourne based filmmaker who wrote, directed and featured in his film Hakuumacaato. Farah can’t live without organic coconut oil, his jewellery and iPhone.
Farah gave us his 3 minute and this is how it went.

What are you watching right now?


A film I watched recently that I really dug was Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby. Film is flawless to this day and has some breathtaking performances in it. I also revisited Lion (2016) directed by Garth Davis One of my favourites and the film remains my favourite Australian film.

In terms of television, like the rest of the world I’ve fallen in love with Squid Game. When They See Us in my opinion is one of the best shows available on streaming services. It’s heavy, and definitely needs to be in a certain mindset to watch it, especially when you are BIPOC, but it’s a show I’d recommend to almost anyone. watch video {{current_slide_index}} 3 things you can't live without 1. Organic coconut oil This shit is a lifesaver for melanin skin.

2. My jewellery. This one’s pretty self explanatory. I can’t leave the house without wearing a couple of small pieces.

3. My iPhone. Shit is crazy these days with the capabilities we all take for granted. My lifestyle has led me to move to New York and then to Sydney as a Melbourne born creative,


watch video {{current_slide_index}} be different What are three things that help your creative process? The environment I like to light incense, candles and put some ambience on in the back.

Second has gotta be music
music generally helps me just get into right mood, and set my intention.

Third thing is the simplest one, but it's the mood. If I’m in a bad mood and in a bad environment, it kills creativity. watch video {{current_slide_index}} Chase your dreams How long have you been creating screen content? I’ve been making films since the earliest I can remember. I first started making movies when I was in Primary school, using my mum’s laptop webcam for the camera, running around and attempting to frame things from it.

I also started out as an actor doing theatre as well so I think getting that stage experience on top of making movies at home was the foundation for what I was to do later in life. I’ve been acting plus writing/directing seriously the last seven years ever since I made my first short film during my year 12 exam week. It was here I made the decision to chase my dreams and do it with passion and focus. watch video {{current_slide_index}} be a voice Who would you like to work with within the screen and creative space? That’s a hard one. There’s so many extremely talented people within our industry. I hope to one day work with Christopher Nolan and Spike Lee as an actor. I love their singular vision approach to filmmaking and some of my favourite films have come from those two directors. I’d love to work with Deniro, one of my favourites growing up and he’s definitely someone I’d love to work with. Viola Davis is one of my all time favourite artists and I’d love to work with her too.

watch video {{current_slide_index}} just dream it bet on yourself What’s your film titled Hakuumacaato about?

The film is about Liban, an ex Somali soldier, suffering from PTSD and living in the housing commissions of Melbourne is forced to not only accept a Western way of life, but son’s sexuality.

Hakuumacaato is a Somali/ Australian film that has won the prestigious Platinum Remi award at Worldfest, Houston 2021 - previous recipients of the award include Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee as well as The Jury Award at Seattle Queer Film Festival 2020 for “Best Short Film” and has also taken home the award for “Best Student Cinematography, awarded to DP Daniel Tan in the Amsterdam based festival European Cinematographers Awards (2020).

How/Where can people watch the film?

Melbourne Queer Film Festival
The Jam Factory on November 21st: 1.00pm
Cinema Nova November 27th at 4:30pm
Grab ticket here

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