Yemeni Scottish filmmaker Sara Ishaq , who was Oscar-nominated in 2012 for her short documentary “Karama Has No Walls,” is in post-production on her fiction feature debut, “The Station,” which the director will be taking to the Venice Production Bridge ’s Final Cut workshop, running from Aug. 31 – Sept. 2.

The film centers on a women-only fuel station in a segregated, war-torn town and follows Layal, a young woman confronted with her 12-year-old brother’s growing desire to break free and become a man. When Layal’s estranged sister unexpectedly shows up with a proposition for him, the siblings’ relationship is put to the test.

Featuring a cast of mostly non-professional Yemeni actors, “The Station” is written by Ishaq and Nadia Eliewat and produced by Screen Project and Georges Film,

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