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Baba film image, co-directors Meran Ismailsoy and Anya Chirkova

Baba

World Premiere

All hell breaks loose when a depressed father calls in his son to help mediate an argument with the landlord.

 

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Community Broadcast Partner

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Directors
Cast

Amir Zavosh, Maziyar Khatam, James Choy, Sina Djamshidiat

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2022

Language

In Farsi and English with English subtitles

Film Contact
Content Warning

Coarse language; violence

PG
14 min

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Cinematic form is given to life’s big mysteries: luck and fate, love and loss, and the spiritual supernatural.

 

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Credits

Producer

Anya Chirkova, Maziyar Khatam

Screenwriter

Maziyar Khatam

Editor

Maziyar Khatam

Directors

Anya Chirkova headshot, Baba co-director

Anya Chirkova

Anya Chirkova is a Ukrainian-Russian film director/producer. In her work, she’s always looking to tell painful, yet cathartic stories that feel strikingly personal. She is the co-founder of Toronto-based production company Funny Bone Pictures and is a Humber College alumna. Chirkova is currently in pre-production for her first feature film.

Meran Ismailsoy headshot, Baba co-director

Meran Ismailsoy

Meran Ismailsoy is a Toronto-based Azerbaijani filmmaker with a directing and acting background. Ismailsoy approaches film as the art side of philosophy.