Tehranto is a 2022 Canadian romantic comedy-drama film, directed by Faran Moradi.[1] The film stars Sammy Azero and Mo Zeighami as Badi Alavi and Sharon Moridi, university students in the Iranian Canadian community in Toronto, Ontario, who meet and fall in love despite the disapproval of their family and friends.[2]

Tehranto
Directed byFaran Moradi
Written byFaran Moradi
Nathan Martinak
Produced byJacqueline de Niverville
StarringSammy Azero
Mo Zeighami
Navid Negahban
CinematographyKeenan Lynch
Edited byFaran Moradi
Music byJarrid Dudley
Production
companies
1UTT Productions
Lucent
Nova 9 Pictures
Release date
  • March 22, 2022 (2022-03-22) (CFF)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Persian

The cast also includes Navid Negahban, Mahsa Ghorbankarimi, Ali Badshah, Niaz Salimi, Elias Edraki, Farid Yazdani, Sarah Camacho, Kathryn Davis, Farshideh Nasrin, Feraidoon Moradipour, Neil Crone, Travis Nelson, Venus Razzaghi, Dan Abramovici, Neil Affleck and Sahba Kian.

The film premiered as the opening film of the 2022 Canadian Film Festival.[3] It was later screened at the Ottawa Canadian Film Festival, where it won the Audience Favourite award,[2] and at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival, where it won the award for Best Feature Narrative: Drama.[4]

The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, for Best Cinematography (Keenan Lynch) and Best Editing (Moradi).[5]

References

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  1. ^ Bradley Gibson, "Tehranto". Film Threat, October 17, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Joe Belanger, "Londoner Faran Moradi coming home for screening of first feature film". London Free Press, November 24, 2022.
  3. ^ Kelly Townsend, "Canadian Film Fest to open with world premiere of Tehranto". Playback, March 2, 2022.
  4. ^ Angelica Babiera, "Tehranto, Out in the Ring win Jury Film Awards at Cinequest". Playback, September 2, 2022.
  5. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Écrans canadiens – Viking,13 nominations". Films du Québec, February 22, 2023.
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