Sahar سحر

Nadim recounts the night his sister came home at four in the morning and disappeared shortly after. "This is a riveting and revealing domestic drama that foregoes moralizing as it examines a pressing contemporary issue." (tiff.net)

Writer/Director: Alexander Farah
Producer: Alireza Taale
Cast: Behtash Fazlali, Panthea Vatandoost
Soheila Vatandoost, Mohammad Sarwari, Jack Christofferson

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AWARDS + NODS //
Best Director, Best Actor, Best Student Film, Vancouver Short Film Festival 2014
Golden Sheaf Award, Best Student Film, Yorkton Film Festival 2015
Nominated for 5 Leo Awards: Best Short Drama, Best Direction,
Best Picture Editing, Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama,
Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama

SCREENINGS //
Toronto International Film Festival 2014
Festival du Nouveau Cinema 2014
Vancouver Short Film Festival 2014
Whistler Film Festival 2014
Telefilm Paris' Canadian Cultural Centre Short N' Sweet 2015
Australia Human Rights Arts & Film Festival 2015
Yorkton Film Festival 2015

Cast: Alexander Farah

Tags: short film, canada, TIFF, HRAFF, afghanistan, iran, middle eastern, family drama, farsi, culture clash, shame, guilt, honour killing, moral thriller, mystery, afghan, iranian, immigration and westernization