Synopsis
In 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.
Production :
Prowler Film and Silent Tower
Distribution :
Prowler Film
Contact :
Sound designer :
Mitchell Allen
Screenplay :
Jasmin Mozaffari
Cast :
Behtash Fazlali, Oriana Leman and John Ralston
Editing :
Alexander Farah
Cinematographer :
Farhad Ghaderi
Artistic direction :
Helen Kotsonis
In competition for :
Jury Award
FIPRESCI award
Audience award Official competition
Direction
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Jasmin MozaffariDubbed by Variety as a “major talent”, Jasmin Mozaffari is an award-winning Toronto-based film & television writer/director who studied film at Ryerson University. Her debut feature, FIRECRACKERS, put her on the map, premiering at TIFF in 2018, and was named "one of the best Canadian films in years" by the Toronto Star. She won the CSA in 2019 for Achievement in Direction.
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