The Morning Star (Short film by Azeem Mustafa, British-Pakistani filmmaker)

[BHAN85]

"How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You, who have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!"

Yahweh & Lucifer, two mythical beings from before the dawn of man, sit across from each other; a chess board between them. A game of light and dark that has played out for millenia. Lucifer believes himself to be the first ever anti-hero, rebelling against an egregiously petty All-Father. In the midst of all this is a girl, Hebat, who feels herself strangely drawn to this battleground.

A short film starring Adrian Annis, Paul Van Beaumont & Skyrah Palli.

Written & Directed by Azeem Mustafa

 

[BHAN85]

"If you want to know the divine, only way is love, no religions, no idols, no worships".

In this short film, God does checkmate to the Devil using the less important piece of a chess board, that it turn into a Queen when it reaches the end of a chess board. A beauty analogy.