WINNER, SHORT CUTS AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FILM
Toronto International Film Festival 2023
WINNER, 2024 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS
Best Live Action Short Drama
Performance in a Live Action Short Drama - Behtash Fazlali
WINNER, BEST DRAMA
2024 Aspen Shortsfest
WINNER, BEST DRAMA
2024 Hollyshorts Film Festival
TIFF Canada’s Top Ten 2023 Selection
2024 Canadian Society Cinematographers Award Nominee:
Dramatic Short Cinematography: Farhad Ghaderi
2023 Toronto International Film Festival
2023 Whistler Film Festival
2024 Palm Springs International ShortsFest
2024 Aspen Shortsfest
2024 Hollyshorts Film Festival
2024 Festival REGARD
2024 Vancouver Short Film Festival
2024 Norwegian Short Film Festival
2024 Nevada City Film Festival
2024 International Film Festival of Ottawa
2024 DIFF Shorts - Dallas International Film Festival
2024 Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec
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During 1979 at the height of the Iran Hostage crisis, Babak goes on a trip to meet his fiancé’s parents and ends up confronting the realities of what it means to be an Iranian immigrant in a patriotic post-Vietnam America.
STARRING
Behtash Fazlali
Oriana Leman
Nima Gholamipour
Niaz Salimi
John Ralston
written and directed by
JASMIN MOZAFFARI
produced by
CAITLIN GRABHAM
PRISCILLA GALVEZ
JASMIN MOZAFFARI
executive producer
TAJ CRITCHLOW
director of photography
FARHAD GHADERI
edited by
ALEXANDER FARAH
production designer
HELEN KOTSONIS
costume designer
MARA ZIGLER