ZIP
Year
2023
Runtime
15 mins
Language
English, Farsi
Subtitles
English
Alberta Premiere
This short film is included in the following package(s): SHORTS: I CAN'T GO TO SLEEP
Meet Melody; at fifteen, she is outspoken, intelligent, and creative. Melody enjoys hanging out with her friends, keeping up with 70s pop culture, and dreams of performing in her school talent show. The problem? Her strict father, a traditionalist, shakes Melody’s world overnight after sewing a zipper onto her mouth on her sixteenth birthday.
Countries
Canada- Director
- Ava Maria Safai
- Producer
- Nicco Graham, Christopher Alexander Cook, Brook James, Mandana Mehrghorbani, Caylee Watrin, Ava Maria Safai
- Screenwriter
- Ava Maria Safai, Syd Castle
- Cinematographer
- Diego Lozano
- Editor
- Chris Dietrich, Ava Maria Safai
- Music
- Ethan Lawrence
- Cast
- Gelareh Ghodrati, Ashkan Nejati, Gus Tayari