Motherland (2023)
24m
Running Time
September 7, 2023Release Date
Motherland (2023)
24m
Running Time
September 7, 2023Release Date
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Plot.
During 1979 at the height of the Iran Hostage crisis, Babak goes on a trip to meet his fiancé’s parents and ends up confronting the realities of what it means to be an Iranian immigrant in a patriotic post-Vietnam America.
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Cast & Crew.
Behtash Fazlali
Babak
Nima Gholamipour
Bahman
Oriana Leman
Actress
Niaz Salimi
Maman
John Ralston
Actor
Birgitte Solem
Ruth
Jasmin Mozaffari
Director
Piret Jõgeda
Auntie
Priscilla Galvez
Producer
Kevin Owen Clarke
Dancer
Caitlin Grabham
Producer
Kiera Osborne
Harvest Festival Dancer
Farhad Ghaderi
Cinematographer
Alexander Farah
Editor
Helen Kotsonis
ProductionDesigner
Taj Critchlow
Executive Producer
Media.
Details.
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Motherland is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Jasmin Mozaffari and released in 2023. The film stars Behtash Fazlali as Babak, an Iranian immigrant to the United States during the Iran hostage crisis in the 1970s, who must confront anti-Iranian prejudice when he meets his girlfriend's parents for the first time.The cast also includes Oriana Leman, John Ralston, Niaz Salimi, Birgitte Solem, Kevin Owen Clarke, Piret Jõgeda and Kiera Osborne.
The film screened in the Short Cuts program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was the winner of the Best Canadian Short Film award.The film was later named to TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2023.