Eugene Koshin - Chop Chop!

Hamza, a Scottish-Pakistani dad, needs his traditional father’s money to keep his house and custody of his eight-year-old son. The old man’s price: the boy’s foreskin, in two days.

Full film · In English and Urdu with English subtitles, plus optional Ukrainian, Italian and other subtitles (CC)

“Staying true to the conventions of domestic realism, Eugene Koshin crafts a dramedy that resonates with echoes of Eugene Ionesco’s theatre. With a well-adjusted rhythm that balances seriousness with a touch of (self-)irony, and tracing a family line through three different identities, Chop Chop! invites us to reflect on the relevance of certain traditions in today’s secular world.”

– Andrei C. Șerban, Associate Professor at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

Festivals

Jury Special Mention

6th OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival (Ukraine, Bulgaria)

23rd Cortisonici International Short Film Festival (Italy)

28th Religion Today Film Festival (Italy)

13th Chania Film Festival (Greece)

Also screened at: 7th Harvard Divinity School Film Fest · 10th Soundscreen Film Festival (Italy) · 15th Southern Screen Festival (USA) · 6th Positively Different Short Film Festival (Greece) · 6th Sex Education Film Festival (Spain) · 24th Villammare Festival Film&Friends (Italy) · 7th Centre Film Festival (USA) · 5th Semana ¡Viva el Cine! (Argentina) · 9th Bardak Film Fest (Ukraine) · Migration Matters Film Festival (Sweden) · FilmEU Film Festival (Belgium) · 9th Cinestesia Fest (Colombia) · Razmena/Exchange (Serbia) · LJMU MA Short Film Festival (UK) and 50 other festivals and screenings with 17 more awards and special mentions.

Broadcast on 105 TV (Campania, Italy, 2025).

The film was one of four finalists for the Student Award at the Creative Edinburgh Awards 2024, the city's annual celebration of the creative industries.