{"id":871,"date":"2021-09-07T04:54:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T04:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/international-migration-environmental-film-festival\/?page_id=871"},"modified":"2021-09-07T04:54:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T04:54:41","slug":"imeff-2021-official-selection-snowfall-by-yasir-masood-peter-mccain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/international-migration-&-environmental-film-festival\/imeff-2021-official-selection-snowfall-by-yasir-masood-peter-mccain\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowfall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Snowfall-poster.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-469\" width=\"354\" height=\"442\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directed by<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Yasir Masood, Peter McCain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Country of Origin<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Runtime<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>3:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yasir Masood and Peter McCain\u2019s Snowfall (2020) is a correspondence of poetic letters in Urdu between mother and son. Written seasons apart, their words dance around their shared emotions on migration and steadfastness, nostalgia and loss, belonging and distance, and horizons of potential futures so close, one might step into them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director Biography &#8211;\u00a0Yasir Masood, Peter McCain<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/ff-storage-p01\/press_kits\/headshots\/001\/609\/146\/original\/ee7f026a47-headshot.jpg?1594763667\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yasir Masood and Peter McCain are both from Texas but met in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yasir Masood is a self-taught filmmaker whose work explores migration, masculinity, and the Muslim-American experience. His short film, \u201cThe Last Hunt,\u201d based on his grandfather\u2019s migration to America, premiered at Austin Film Festival in 2019. 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