The Anniversary

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Project ends on January 01, at 12:00 AM PST
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"The Anniversary" - A CSUN Thesis Production

Our Story

The Anniversary is a CSUN Thesis short film by Jordan Zarou. It follows Salim, a young Palestinian man who, when invited back to his hometown in Detroit for his parent's anniversary, must decide between his dream as a musician and moving back home to help his family in a post 9/11, 2002. This film explores the dichotomy of Eastern and Western ideals of individualism, family, and personal dreams. 

Our Goals

Your donations will go toward standard production costs that come with a film of this scale! All of your contributions will go directly to these costs:

  • Locations
  • Camera and Lighting Rentals
  • Production Design
  • Costuming
  • Make-up and Special Effects
  • Casting
  • Food and water for the crew and cast
  • Post-production costs

Every cent helps! We appreciate every donation big or small.


Your Benefit 

Supporting our film via this CSUN funder page allows your contributions to be 100% TAX DEDUCTIBLE. This means that the California State University, Northridge Foundation is a charitable, non-profit, 501(c)(3) public benefit organization. More reason to support!

The Crew

The crew is nearly entirely made of CSUN students across all phases of production. 

WRITER/DIRECTOR Jordan Zarou

PRODUCER Jason Leong

PRODUCER Logan Neuschaefer

PRODUCER Russell Harris

PRODUCER Jakob Wedel

UPM/Script Supervisor Dawoud Mishal

FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Payton Quintero

SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Dominic Tan


DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Drew Warbritton

FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA Yorick Moran

SECOND ASSISTANT CAMERA Eddie Potvin

CAMERA OPERATOR Gustavo Garcia


GAFFER Yangsiyu Gao

KEY GRIP Loren Blazek


POST PRODUCER Gisele Lajevardi

EDITOR Mikaili Yambao

EDITOR Sanna Tav


PRODUCTION DESIGNER Scarlette Ortiz 

ART DIRECTOR Dillon Leslie

MAKEUP Xavier Barrios


SOUND MIXER Aaron Myers

BOOM OPERATOR Vic Martinez

SOUND UTILITY Henry Parker

POST PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER Isabella Rietta


GRAPHIC DESIGNER Ricky Rosado

GRAPHIC DESIGNER Madison Jakub

SOCIAL MEDIA Hayden Brown


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