ABOUT

Honour is my first official major production as a director, working with professional actors and a crew, developing the narrative and overseeing the whole project from pre-production to post-production. This film explores the social and cultural controversy of gender discrimination within the South Asian community, and focuses on why in some families and communities girls are treated far worse than boys, and in some cases are given “honour killings”. It follows a young girl named Layla who is struggling to survive in the harsh world, living life as a prostitute to make ends meet, until one day she gets visited by her older brother. As viewers I want my audience to become more aware and understand the inequality there is in the South Asian community, because it isn’t talked about enough, nor is it recognised in reality.