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One Day This Kid

VIFF Short Forum

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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Director
Cast

Elyas Rahimi, Mahan Mohammadinasab, Massey Ahmar

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2024

Language

In Dari, Farsi and English with English subtitles

Film Contact
18+
18 min
BC Spotlight Drama Family Relations LGBTQIA2S+ Shorts
Wallop Film

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 headshot; One Day This Kid director

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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