The Untouchable
Saturday May 4 at 3:30pm - Community Program
(Vancouver/Iran , 15:00 minutes)
A young woman named Yassi, who is clearly very upset, stands in the middle of a highway holding up traffic. The situation gets worse when Sergeant Jabbari arrives on the scene to arrest her.
Avazeh Shahnavaz
Avazeh (Ava) Shahnavaz is an Iranian-Canadian filmmaker. Born in Tehran, Iran on Dec 23, 1989, she moved to Canada in 2007. Avazeh graduated in film production from Toronto film school and received a Bachelor of Science Degree from with a Major in Psychology from the University of Waterloo. She started her career with making documentaries about places and people, as well as producing advertising videos for various purposes. Avazeh moved back to Iran in 2018 and has since started to make short films in her home land, since Iran is the main source of inspiration for her.
CREDITS
Director Avazeh Shahnavaz
Screenwriter Avazeh Shahnavaz
Producers Avazeh Shahnavaz
Servat Ajami Co-Producer Saeed Massror
Cinematographer Salar Ardestani
Editors Ehsan Vaseghi
Hair & Make-Up Artist Siamak Ahmadi
Composers Ekwon Band Amir
Hossein Mohamadi
Colourist Hamidreza Faturehchian
Sound Designer Arash Qasemi
Principle Cast Nika Shahnazzadeh
Payam Ahmadinia
Zohre Bakhtiari
Hilda Kordbacheh