Tomorrow
2023 · 17m · Iran
Directed by Aryasb Feiz
Genres: animation, drama, thriller
Tones: dark, melancholic, tender, tense
A resilient 10-year-old street urchin in 1970s Shiraz, Iran, must steal morphine from a gruff antique shop owner to save his ailing father's life. While evading capture through the city's dangerous streets, he forms an unexpected and transformative bond with a stray dog.
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The scouts
Dialogue-free 3D animation set in 1970s Shiraz, kid steals morphine for dying father, Foyle Film Festival Best Animated and Oscar-qualified — solo Iranian-Canadian writer-director-producer, sixteen and a half minutes. The package is impressive even if Forrest Gump in the comparisons is a strange flex.
Dialogue-free 3D animation set in 1970s Shiraz tackling poverty and illegal-necessity with thriller tension is ambitious for the medium — Academy-qualifying via Foyle confirms the festival traction. Sixteen minutes; the no-dialogue commitment is the right discipline.
16:40 dialogue-free 3D animation set in 1970s Shiraz, qualified for the 2025 Academy Awards via Foyle Film Festival's Light in Motion win — solo authorship by Aryasb Feiz at BadStache, thriller-tension at children's-animation surface is a specific tonal commitment that the festival result confirms lands. Strong pedigree.
Reviews
Tomorrow is a treat for those looking for a fast-paced and heartwarming film.
Tomorrow finds its focus with an effectively executed visual appeal and grander high-spirited delivery that gets paired with an unexpectedly intense, almost thriller-esque ambiance.
Festivals
- Brooklyn Film Festival 2024
- Tirana International Film Festival 2024