OPENING NIGHT: Tuesday, March 22 | 9PM & Midnight (ET) - 6PM & 9PM (PT)

Tehranto

Directed by Faran Moradi | 92 minutes | Comedy, Drama | World Premiere

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.

Post-screening Q&A

Director: Faran Moradi
Writer: Faran Moradi
Producer: Jacqueline de Niverville
Executive Producers: Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith, Mariah Owen, Wendy Donnan, Navid Negahban
DOP: Keenan Lynch
Editor: Faran Moradi
Production Designer: Allison Zwicker
Music: Jarrid Dudley

Cast: Sammy Azero, Mo Zeighami, Navid Negahban, Mahsa Ghorbankarimi, Ali Badshah, Niaz Salimi, Kathryn Davis, Elias Edraki, Sarah Camacho, Farid Yazdani, Farshideh Nasrin, Feraidoon Moradipour

Preceded by a short film:

I Hate You

Directed by Taylor Olson & Koumbie | 8 Minutes | Drama | Toronto Premiere

Joe and Megan have to work through a rejection before they can move on to breakfast.