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WINTER OF '79 | SHORT FILM

2020 | Available to watch online

Writer, Director

A mother is forced to question her faith in her country amidst the turmoil of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

Available to watch on:

Omeleto, November 7th

Writer/Director: Julia Elihu

Producer: Leslie Susman

Casting Director: Gabe Braden 

Director of Photography: Gabriel Knoos-Newton

Production Designer: Connie Ticho

Editor: Alex Joyce

Composer: PHAR - Raphaël Dargent

Sound Designer: CABBA Jiaxuan Cai

Colorist: Elliot Powell

Awards/Selections

Film Shortage — "Daily Short Pick"

Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival | World Premiere 

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia | International Premiere 

Beaufort Film Festival —"The Ribaut Award for Best Student Short"

NFFTY — "Closing Night Audience Award", "Best Student Narrative"

Fargo Film Festival — "Best Student Film"

DEEP Focus Film Festival — "Honorable Mention" 

Hollyshorts Film Festival

Bushwick Film Festival 

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 

Garden State Film Festival

Omaha Film Festival 

Emruz Festival 

Joyce Jewish Short Film Festival 

Jamyat Film Festival 

Coronado Island Film Festival 

Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival 

East Bay International Jewish Film Festival

Batikh Batikh Collective Screening

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