In Person Accessibility
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This film is scheduled to be presented with English subtitles only (no subtitles for English dialogue). Wheelchair spaces and step-free seating is available for this screening – click below to book accessible seats.
Canada202479 minEnglish, FarsiToronto PremiereDrama, First Feature, Romance
Amir is an aspiring chef trying to get ahead, but he can’t seem to break out and meet his own expectations or those of his parents, while his favoured younger brother Mahyar can seemingly do no wrong. When news from Iran arrives that a family friend has died and passed his entire inheritance solely to Mahyar, the mystery of the gift’s provenance begins to unravel the family's story, the image of their parents, and the relationship between the two brothers.
Alireza Shojaei gives a simmering performance as the self-destructive Amir against Parham Rownaghi’s flashy Mahyar, while Gus Tayari and Mitra Lohrasb give a loving but weary weight as their parents. Set within Toronto’s significant Iranian community, Meelad Moaphi’s first feature is a measured study in shifting family roles and perceptions when the past comes calling, especially for first-generation families whose ties to other lives and lands are so far but carried closely every day.
– Aram Siu Wai Collier
Alireza Shojaei
Gus Tayari
Mitra Lohrasb
Parham Rownaghi
Romina D’ugo
Meelad Moaphi
Meelad Moaphi is a Toronto-based filmmaker and assistant professor at Wilfrid Laurier University. His Father’s Son is his directorial feature debut.
17 Nov, 2024 7:00 pm
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This film is scheduled to be presented with English subtitles only (no subtitles for English dialogue). Wheelchair spaces and step-free seating is available for this screening – click below to book accessible seats.
Join us for a Q&A immediately after the theatrical presentation with director Meelad Moaphi, producers Momo Daud and Spencer Hahn as well as several cast members Alireza Shojaei, Gus Tayari, Parham Rownaghi, Romina D’ugo, Connie Miu, and Mary Vafi.
Join us at CSI Spadina for the Centrepiece Gala Party after the screening of HIS FATHER'S SON.
9:30PM at CSI Spadina
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This space is wheelchair and step-free accessible via a series of ramps at the
main entrance. The rest of the venue, including the accessible washroom,
is all on one level. This event may include loud music, flashing lights, and
crowds. A calmer, quieter respite room is available for those with environmental
sensitivities. Click below to advise us of your access needs for this event.
Join us for a crafty Happy Hour on Sun, Nov 17, at The Commons, 401 Richmond! Hosted by this year's Festival Creative Artist Agnes Wong, this event features a relaxed journaling and scrapbooking workshop. Bring your own stickers and ephemera to trade, share, or journal with.
This programme invites audiences into a storytelling dialogue between imagineNATIVE and Reel Asian on the solidarity between Indigenous and settler Asian people. Tenacious and confrontational, this collection transports resilience from the past and into the present.
Deep in debt, with a house and a university-bound kid, plus a marriage on the rocks, reformed gambler Lucky sees his luck run out after getting scammed in a tax-fraud scheme. Ashamed and desperate to keep it from his family, he returns to underground backroom gambling dens, playing for big payouts to relieve the debt and win back his family’s favour. Meanwhile, each family member, unaware of Lucky’s troubles but feeling the money crunch, too, resorts to unsavoury means to dig out of their hole.
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is a unique showcase of contemporary Asian cinema and work from Asia and the Asian diaspora. Works include films and videos by artists in Canada, the U.S., Asia and all over the world. As Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival, Reel Asian provides a public forum for Asian media artists and their work, and fuels the growing appreciation for Asian cinema in Canada.
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Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3A8 Canada
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