SHORT FILM
SHORT FILM
Credits
Fashion Designer / Narrator: Masoomah Jawid @masoomahjawid
Director / Editor: Mason Cox @masoncox.jpg
Cinematographer / Editor / Colourgrade: James Wajura @jameswajura
1st AC: Joshua Fahmi @josh_fahmi_
Music Composition: Zhī Ma @sweet__sesame, Marroushti @marroushti
Choreographer: Bianca Armstrong @bianca_catarina_a
Cast
Masked Dancer: Taylor Bogrand @taylor_bogrand
Veiled Dancer: Gabriela Goh @jenainegabriela
Blue Robe: Silas Williams @silas.jw
As herself: Masoomah Jawid @masoomah_jawid
Brother 1: Ashraf Jawid
Brother 2: Arif Jawid
Brother 3: Ali Jawid
Directed by Mason Cox, The Arrival (2024) marks Mason’s debut short film, earning Best Student Fashion Film at the 2025 PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival, with official selections at the New York City International Fashion Film Festival, London Fashion Film Festival, and St Kilda Film Festival.
The Arrival explores the profound immigrant experience, delving into the emotional terrain of displacement and belonging. Drawing inspiration from fashion designer Masoomah Jawid’s journey as an Afghan immigrant, the film weaves together visual storytelling and fashion to reflect themes of concealment, identity, and resilience, a meditation on what it means to navigate between worlds.