In Toronto lively music, intricate textiles and vibrant colours paint an unlikely story of love and family when Badi and Sharon, two young students with very different upbringings from a divided Iranian community, accidentally fall in love. *Filmmaker in attendance.

The short film Fictions plays before Tehranto.

DIRECTOR/WRITER: Faran Moradi

PRODUCER: Jacqueline de Niverville

CAST: Sammy Azero (In the Dark, CW), Mo Zeighami

LENGTH: 92 min

LANGUAGES: English

COUNTRY: Canada

GENRE: Romantic Comedy

ACCOLADES / FESTIVALS

2022 Cinequest Selection

2022 Canadian Film Festival Selection

FICTIONS

A young Chinese Canadian photographer is forced to reflect on her shifting identity when she discovers the work of Cindy Sherman.

Director: Alice Liu