One Day This Kid
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TW: Sexuality, may not be appropriate for children
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Open captions in-person
One day this kid will feel something stir in his heart and throat and mouth. One day this kid will reach a point where he senses a division that isn’t mathematical. One day this kid will talk.
Screenings
Directors Spotlight
Alexander Farah
Director
Alexander Farah is an Afghan-Canadian filmmaker whose work has screened globally at Berlinale, Telluride, and Clermont-Ferrand. His music video “Meet You At The Light” won both the Jury and Audience Choice Awards at SXSW in 2022. His recent short film “One Day This Kid” world premiered at TIFF in 2024 and won the Jury prize at SXSW in 2025.
- Year
- 2024
- Runtime
- 18 minutes
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- Dari/Farsi, English
- Director
- Alexander Farah
- Producer
- Joaquin Cardoner
- Executive Producer
- Caterina Colombo, Martin Glegg, Mojean Aria, Sara Seyed, Sepanta Mohseni, Shelby Manton
- Cast
- Elyas Rahimi, Mahan Mohammadinasab, Massey Ahmar
- Cinematographer
- Farhad Ghaderi
- Editor
- Alexander Farah
- Production Design
- Adriana Marchand, Carolina Martinez
- Composer
- Cyrus Reynolds
- Sound Design
- Mark Dolmont
- Music
- Cyrus Reynolds
- Premiere
- Philadelphia