BAD OMEN
Writer/Director/Producer: Salar Pashtoonyar
Cast: Fereshta Afshar, Marwa Amini, Irfan Amini
Colour: Patrick Samaniego
Afghanistan/Canada / 19 minutes / 1.85:1
Pari, an in-house tailor, must find the means to purchase her prescription glasses in order to save her job.
FESTIVALS
*Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France 2021
*Telluride Film Festival, Colorado 2021
*Palm Springs International ShortFest, California 2021
*Hamptons International Film Festival, New York 2021
*Della Lessinia, Italy 2021
*Signes de Nuit, France 2021
*GwangHwaMun International Short Film Festival, South Korea 2021
*Norwegian International Short Film Festival, Norway 2021
*Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland 2021
*BronzeLens Film Festival, Atlanta 2021
*Courts d’un soir – Montreal international short film festival, Quebec 2021
*Hollyshorts Film Festival, Hollywood 2021
*Manhattan International Film Festival, New York 2021
*Yorkon Film Festival, Saskatchewan 2021
*Vancouver International Film Festival, British Columbia 2020
*South Western International Film Festival, Ontario 2020
*North Bay Film Festival, Ontario 2020
*Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival, Ontario 2020
AWARDS
*Student Academy Awards – Bronze 2021 Narrative (International Film Schools)
*Canadian Screen Awards – 2021 Best Live Action Drama – Nominee
*Vancouver International Film Festival – 2020 Best Canadian Short Film
*Hot Docs – 2020 Lindalee Tracey Award
*Yorkton Film Festival Winner: Golden Sheaf Award
*Della Lessinia Winner: Best International Short Festival international
*Signes de Nuit Winner: Signs Award
*Hamptons International Film Festival Winner: Peter-Mcgregor Scott Memorial Award
*GwangHwaMun International Short Film Festival Winner: Grand Jury Award
*South Western International Film Festival – 2020 Short Film Audience Choice Award
*North Bay Film Festival – 2020 Student Shorts Showcase
PRESS
Clermont-Ferrand 2021 : « Bad Omen », entretien avec Nikolay Michaylov, L’Union des Chef Opérateurs, 2021