Motherland (2023)
September 7, 2023Release Date
Motherland (2023)
September 7, 2023Release Date



Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Behtash Fazlali
Babak

Oriana Leman
Katie

Nima Gholamipour
Bahman

Niaz Salimi
Maman

Birgitte Solem
Ruth

John Ralston
Werner

Piret Jõgeda
Auntie

Daniel Henkel
Student Rep.

Kevin Owen Clarke
Dancer

Kiera Osborne
Harvest Festival Dancer

Jasmin Mozaffari
Director / Writer / Producer

Caitlin Grabham
Producer

Priscilla Galvez
Producer

Taj Critchlow
Executive Producer

Farhad Ghaderi
Director of Photography

Helen Kotsonis
Production Design
Media.







Details.
Release DateSeptember 7, 2023
Original Nameسرزمین مادری
StatusReleased
Running Time24m
Genres
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Wiki.
Motherland is a 2023 Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Jasmin Mozaffari. 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. The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama, and Fazlali won the award for Best Performance in a Live Action Short Drama, at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.
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