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 یک روز این سر One Day This Kid

یک روز این سر One Day This Kid

ALEXANDER FARAH | CANADA | 2024 | 17 MIN | ENGLISH + PERSIAN EST

ALEXANDER FARAH | CANADA | 2024 | 17 MIN | ENGLISH + PERSIAN EST

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Synopsis

One day this kid will feel something stir in his heart and throat and mouth. One day this kid will reach a point where he senses a division that isn’t mathematical. One day this kid will talk.

Filmmaker Bio

Alexander Farah is an Afghan-Canadian director and editor whose work has screened at Berlinale, Telluride and Clermont-Ferrand. His first short Sahar premiered at TIFF in 2014. His most recent directing project Meet You At The Light won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Choice Award for Best Music Video at SXSW 2022. The last film he edited, Motherland won Best Canadian Short Film at TIFF in 2023.

Producer

Joaquin Cardoner

Writer

Alexander Farah

Cinematographer

Farhad Ghaderi

Cast

  • Ahmar
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