A selection of my work as a Director.
MEET YOU AT THE LIGHT BY DESIREE DAWSON (2021)
Writer/Director: Alexander Farah
Producer: Shyam Valera, Kashif Pasta
Production Company: Wallop Film, Dunya Media
A bittersweet and heartfelt portrait of a daughter and her ailing father. Performed by Ishaval Gill and her father Kamaldevinder Gill.
Awards
Grand Jury Award & Audience Choice Award, Best Music Video, SXSW 2022
International Grand Prix & Best Music Video, Kinsale Shark Awards 2022
Festivals
SXSW 2022, Lift-Off Los Angeles Film Festival, Austin Music Video Film Festival, South Asian Film Festival of America
Featured on Director’s Notes, Nowness, Nowness Asia, Director’s Library, Booooooom, Beyond The Short, Shots Creative, Brown Girl Magazine, Kodak Shoot Film and Film Shortage.
Press Coverage on CBC, The Vancouver Sun, The Province, CreativeBC, SurreyNowLeader, Emily Carr Alum, 5xFest, and MVP Labs.
SAHAR (2014)
Writer/Director: Alexander Farah
Producer: Alireza Taale
Nadim recounts the night his sister came home at four in the morning and disappeared shortly after. "This is a riveting and revealing domestic drama that foregoes moralizing as it examines a pressing contemporary issue" (tiff.net). Read more: shortoftheweek.com/2015/07/01/sahar/
Awards & Nominations: Best Director, Best Actor, Vancouver Short Film Festival 2014, Golden Sheaf Award, Yorkton Film Festival 2015, Nominated for 5 Leo Awards: Best Short Drama, Best Direction, Best Picture Editing, Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama, Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama
Screenings: Toronto International Film Festival 2014 | Festival du Nouveau Cinema 2014 | Vancouver Short Film Festival 2014 | Whistler Film Festival 2014 | Telefilm Paris' Canadian Cultural Centre Short N' Sweet 2015 | Australia Human Rights Arts & Film Festival 2015 | Yorkton Film Festival 2015 | Reel Health International Short Film Festival 2015 | Cinephilia's Filmmakers to Watch Series 2015-2016 (Middle East & North Africa) | MOOOV Film Festival (Bruges & Turnout) | Short Screens Series, "Girls on Top" (Brussels) | Cellu l'art Short Film Festival (Germany)
SIDES.PDF (2015)
Written/Directed and Produced by Alexander Farah
Some unexpected news threatens to derail Hannah's self-tape audition.
Online Premiere: Short of the Week