Sevdaliza – “Habibi”

Gorgeous video for Dutch-Iranian singer-songwriter Sevdaliza (previously featured here) by directing duo Sevda+Ana (aka Sevdaliza and Anastasia Konovalova). Marking the debut of her new directorial partnership, “Habibi” chronicles Sebdaliza’s journey to take back her power and redefine herself against the numerous forces in her life. As she states: “Habibi represents the animal nature inside us, that we have to learn to control.” Watch above and see full credits below!

Written & Directed by sevda+ana
DOP: Maximilian Pittner
Production Company: Tony Petersen Film
Executive Producer: Volker Steinmetz
Production Manager: Daniel “Dex” Dexler
1st AD: Hendrik Holler
Unit Team: Berenike Bartels, Christina Danner
Set Medic: Mac Kretschmer
Casting: DeeBeePhunky
Styling: Lorena Maza
Styling Assistent: Florian Brandl
Stunt Coordinators: Leo Plank, Armin Houben @ Haeger Stunt & Wireworks
Steadicam Operator: Matthias Biber
Drone: Maximilian Raschke, Robert Alex @ upup.berlin
1st AC: Rouven Schardt
2nd AC: Vicky Müller
Camera Support: Paul Nungesser
VTR / Health & Safety officer: Julia Roszczyk
Gaffer: Toni Schulz
Electricians: Tobias Gehlfuß, Tom Sperling, Jan Umpfenbach
Grip: Jan Brun
Technical Equipment: Armin Steinborn @ FGV Schmidle GmbH
HMU: Elena Schmerberg-Davilá
Cherry Picker: Ronald Hobrack
Animal Wrangler: Reina Schulz
Editor: Benjamin Entrup
Colour Grading: Ruth Wardell @ Electric Theatre Collective
Colour Producer: Oliver Whitworth @ Electric Theatre Collective
VFX Supervisor: Dirk Riesenfeld
VFX Artist: Yashvardhan Jain, Rajesh Kaushik
Supported by: Fonds Podiumkunsten
Music & Sound Design: Mucky & Sevdaliza