Motherland

short

24min

2023

Short

Drama

Description

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.

Actors

Behtash Fazlali

Babak

Oriana Leman

John Ralston

Niaz Salimi

Birgitte Solem

Kevin Owen Clarke

Dancer

Daniel Henkel

Student Rep.

Piret Jõgeda

Auntie

Kiera Osborne

Harvest Festival Dancer

Hannah Termaat

Dancer

Crew

Jasmin Mozaffari

director, writer

Priscilla Galvez

producer

Caitlin Grabham

producer

Farhad Ghaderi

cinematographer

Alexander Farah

editor

Jesse Griffiths

casting director

Helen Kotsonis

production designer

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