Inspired by David Wojnarowicz’s text, this story of the same name follows the quiet struggle for acceptance between Afghan-Canadian Hamed and his father.
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Elyas Rahimi, Mahan Mohammadinasab, Massey Ahmar
Canada
2024
In Dari, Farsi and English with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Executive Producer
Martin Glegg, Shelby Manton, Sebastien Galina, Kristoff Duxbury, Geoff Manton, Mojean Aria
Producer
Joaquin Cardoner
Screenwriter
Alexander Farah
Cinematography
Farhad Ghaderi
Editor
Alexander Farah
Production Design
Adriana Marchand
Original Music
Cyrus Reynolds
Alexander Farah
Alexander Farah is an Afghan-Canadian writer, director and editor whose projects have screened at Berlinale, Telluride, and Clermont-Ferrand. His first short film Sahar produced at the Emily Carr University of Art & Design, premiered at TIFF in 2014. Notably, Alex’s recently directed Meet You At The Light won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Choice Award at SXSW in 2022. After nearly a decade of editing, One Day This Kid marks his return to directing narrative work.
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