Tasseography (On The Verge 2026)
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About Tasseography
David and Yasmeen turn to her grandmother’s ritual of reading coffee grounds to find comfort when faced with infertility and a sense of disconnect from homeland.
Content/Trigger Warnings: Miscarriage; Blood; Discussions of war
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Credits
Creative Team
Directed & Written By Ayah Yusuf
Produced by James Steffan, Akram Shibly, Diarmuid Mac Gloinn
Executive Producers Ayah Yusuf, Hajar Alkheder
Music by Diarmuid Mac Gloinn
Screenplay by Ayah Yusuf
With Additional Dialogue by James Steffan
Cast (in order of appearance)
Yasmeen Ayah Yusuf
David James Steffan
Yasmeen’s Mother Hajar Alkheder
Yasmeen’s Cousin Akram Shibly
Production Team & Crew
Director of Photography Hajar Alkheder
Edited by Akram Shibly
Production Sound Will Donnelly
Assistant Director Comfrey Sanders
Acting Coach Comfrey Sanders
Rehearsal Coach Jonathan Price
Assistant Editor Linh Tran
Assistant Editor Ayah Yusuf
Production Designer Ayah Yusuf
Production Assistant Sandra Niczyporuk
Production BTS Photographer Safi Tobi
Intimacy Coordinator Sharon Mackay
Special thanks to:
Diarmuid Mac Gloinn, Laura Herskov, Safi Tobi, Raisah Ahmed, Brian Ferguson, Rogelio Nevares, Victoria Keith, Jean Christian Barry, Ottoman Coffee House