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.