Jasmin Mozaffari
Directing
Biography
Mozaffari is a Canadian film director who was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and later settled in Toronto. Her debut feature, Firecrackers, premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival to critical acclaim. She won a Canadian Screen Award for her work in the film. Mozaffari’s 2023 short film, Motherland, is inspired by her parents’ experiences during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. The film won Best Canadian Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival and Best Drama at both Aspen Shortsfest and HollyShorts Film Festival. It also earned two Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Live Action Short Drama.
Known For
Holly's a 13-year-old singer-songwriter who's got her best friends and close-knit family by her side, but she's dreaming of ways to save the world - even if it's starting in her own backyard.
Holly Hobbie
Teenage best friends Zoe and Becca set out to build their own fake ID empire, but when business starts booming, their life of crime gets way too real.
Fakes
A gripping factual series that brings to life the work of real detectives by blending the best of documentary storytelling with fully dramatized re-enactments. Every episode features a different detective reliving the investigation that not only challenged them like no other, but also had a residual impact on an aspect of Canadian life and law enforcement.
The Detectives
An anonymous advice columnist finds herself caught in an unlikely romance with the man who has been hired to kill her alter ego.
Please Kill Mr. Know It All
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.
Motherland
Lou and her best friend Chantal plan to get out of their isolated, run-down town and move to a city far, far away. When Chantal’s unstable and possessive ex violates her during a night of partying, the girls decide to exact their revenge on him through a night of vandalism and debauchery.
Firecrackers
In a story that plays out entirely on a teenager's computer screen, Noah follows its eponymous protagonist as his relationship takes a rapid turn for the worse in this fascinating study of behavior (and romance) in the digital age.
Noah
Anne hasn't been the same since the jump. While skydiving for her best friend Sarah's bachelorette party, the 27-year-old felt focused, free, above it all. Back on the ground, the pressures of her daily life threaten to overwhelm her.
Anne at 13,000 Ft.
Kev and Benz, petty criminals, find themselves in danger after Jafar, a violent drug dealer, is arrested.
Rats
Lou and Chantal are gonna blow up. One day. Somehow. But girls don't get out of Coberge, Ontario by playing nice. All they've ever wanted, was to feel what it's like to be free.
Firecrackers
A restless young man suddenly hit with a devastating loss struggles to deal with the first stages of grief.