Sahra leans against a hay bale in the dark barn
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The Gold Teeth

A film by Alireza Kazemipour

Format
Narrative short
Genre
Drama
Theme
Displacement
Runtime
15 min
Premiere
Tirana International Film Festival
Year
2022
The Gold Teeth poster: overhead, a basin and a bowl of gold teeth beside the father's hand
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Logline

Sahra, an Afghan refugee in Canada, asks Hamed, an Iranian ex-dentist, to extract her father's gold teeth before they bury him — so she can use the money to smuggle her queer brother out of Afghanistan.

Written, directed & produced by
Alireza Kazemipour
Producer
Mattisse Weyler Hubert
Co-producer
Sina Nazarian
Cast
Parmiss Sehat, Shayan Bayat, Enayat Ahmady, Aixa Kay, Noah Leonard
Director of photography
Jay Kamal
Editor
Bruno Trivelli
Music
Arvin Fekri
Production design
Neil Colango, Tracy Labrosse
Production
Crazy8s Film Society
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Overhead: the family in prayer around the father's body
Sahra calls after Hamed at dusk Rayan, Hamed's son, at the door
Sahra follows Hamed up the driveway to his garage
Silhouetted crew and dolly against the open barn door Make-up applied to the father's face
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Supported by

Crazy8s Telefilm Canada Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia Directors Guild of Canada, British Columbia UBCP/ACTRA IATSE Local 891
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