Bad Omen (2020)
September 24, 2020Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Faruq Afghan
Fereshta Afshar
Pari
Irfan Amini
Marwa Amini
Mujtaba Sabbar
Shahwali Nawabi
Aqil Tamim
Edriss Tawakaly
Driver
Salar Pashtoonyar
Producer / Director / Writer
Nikolay Michaylov
Cinematography
Alexander Farah
Editor
Fjordi Spahiu
Editor
Arify Parwez
Production Manager
Christopher King
Sound Editor
Musa Rustami
Sound Mixer
Qais Rustami
Boom Operator
Andrea Rusch
Recording Supervision
Patrick Samaniego
Colorist
Details.
Release DateSeptember 24, 2020
Original NameBad Shagun
StatusReleased
Running Time19m
Budget$22,800
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Bad Omen is a 2020 Canadian short drama film, directed by Salar Pashtoonyar. The film stars Fereshta Afshar as Pari, a widowed tailor in Kabul who must find the money to pay for a pair of prescription glasses to keep her job, despite Afghan culture's social stigmatization of widows.
Made as Pashtoonyar's thesis project for his film degree at York University, the film won the Lindalee Tracey Award for emerging filmmakers at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. The film had its public premiere at the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.
It received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards.