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Hatch

VIFF Short Forum

World Premiere

A group of Afghan refugees hide inside a water tanker as they attempt to cross the border to safety.

 

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Community Partner

Directors
Cast

Ali Eldurssi, Aixa Kay, Helena Marie, Craig March, Araz Yaghoubi, Daniella Eldurssi

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2024

Language

In English and Arabic with English subtitles

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18+
11 min
Action BC Spotlight Human Rights & Social Justice Shorts
PK Studio Production

Credits & Director

Executive Producer

Panta Mosleh

Producer

Sina Nazarian, Panta Mosleh, Alireza Kazemipour

Screenwriter

Alireza Kazemipour

Cinematography

Mikah Sharkey

Editor

Saeed Vahidi

Production Design

Gwendolyn Margetson

Original Music

Mehrdad Jafari Raad

Alireza Kazemipour headshot; Hatch director

Alireza Kazemipour

Alireza Kazemipour, Iranian-Canadian filmmaker, with 2-decades of experience as a screenwriter in Iran. He holds a master’s in Cinema studies and has directed award-winning shorts including The Gold Teeth (2022) and Split Ends (2022), recognized in over 150 film festivals worldwide, championing social justice, women’s rights, and immigrant issues.

Panta Mosleh headshot; Hatch director

Panta Mosleh

Panta Mosleh is a Queer Middle Eastern-West Asian-Canadian Director, Writer, Producer who splits her time between Vancouver and LA. Currently working as a TV movie director, she has directed for A&E, Lifetime, TF1, NBC Peacock and Hallmark. Panta currently has two tv series in development; one scripted and one unscripted. Panta hopes to make her own theatrical feature film someday.

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