Omid Iranikhah
Iranian-American writer/director and actor Omid Iranikhah focuses on stories dealing with the Iranian and Iranian Diaspora experience. His 2021 narrative short film "Don't Be a Stranger," a meditative drama about an Iranian couple's struggle to accept their drug addict son back into their life, played at a number of film festivals and won the Jury Award for Best Short Film at Accord CineFest. His accolades also include winning the Michael Collyer Fellowship in Screenwriting and placing as a semifinalist in the Academy Nicholl Fellowships for his Iran-set folk horror screenplay.
The Sovereign
as T.D.2 Taunting ResidentStill proudly flaunting its progressive values, a young independent nation prepares to celebrate...
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Charlie
as SonA dementia-stricken war veteran mistakes his put-upon son for a lover from his past, forcing...
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Coffee With Baba
as AminAn Iranian-American twentysomething and his father meet for coffee, only to find themselves...
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Don't Be a Stranger
as NimaAn Iranian couple is paid an unexpected visit by their estranged, drug-addict son one morning,...
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Mannequin's Waltz
as Shopper #2A shopping mall mannequin comes to life as a ballerina.
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