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
*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
*Canadian Screen Awards – 2021 Best Live Action Drama – Nominee
*Vancouver International Film Festival – 2020 Best Canadian Short Film
*Hot Docs – 2020 Lindalee Tracey 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