TODAY

By Reza Mirkarimi

Original title – Emrouz
International title – Today
French title – Aujourd’hui

Synopsis

Younes, an ageing taxi driver, takes a young woman to hospital at the end of his working day, not knowing what awaits him there.

Cast

Parviz Parastui
Soheila Golestani
Shabnam Moghadami

Crew

Director – Reza Mirkarimi
Screenplay – Reza Mirkarimi & Shadmehr Rastin
Director of Photography – Houman Behmanesh
Editing – Reza Mirkarimi
Original Music – Amin Honarmand
Sound Designer – Alireza Alavian
Sound Recordist – Saeid Bojnourdi
Set Designer  – Marjan Golzar
Make-Up Artist – Mahmoud Dehghani
Production Manager – Majid Karimi

Producer – Reza Mirkarimi

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Awards & Festivals

  • Winner of: 1) ‘Audience Award – Best Film’
  • Winner of: 2) ‘Best Performance by an Actor – Parviz Parastui’ – 20e Festival International du Cinéma d’Auteur de Rabat, Morocco.
  • Winner of: 1) ‘FIPRESCI’s Award’
  • Winner of: 2) ‘Best Film’ by the Ecumenical Jury’ – 18th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia.
  • Winner of: ‘Best Performance by an Actor – Parviz Parastui’ – 7th Jaipur IFF, India.
  • Winner of: ‘SIGNIS Commendation Award’ – 29th Washington, DC International Film Festival, USA.
  • Winner of: 1) ‘Bronze Alhambra Special Jury Prize’
  • Winner of: 2) ‘Audience Award’ – 9th Granada Film Festival Cines del Sur, Spain.
  • Winner of: ‘Best Performance by an Actor – Parviz Parastui’ – 8th Iranian Film Festival-San Francisco, Tiburon, USA.
  • Winner of: ‘Best Spiritual Film Award’ – 14th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF), Bangaldesh.
  • Toronto International Film Festival, Canada. Official Selection 2014 ‘Contemporary World Cinema’ section.
  • 20e Festival International du Cinéma d’Auteur de Rabat. 24 octobre-01 novembre 2014, ‘Competitive’ section.
  • 55th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece. October 31-November 09, 2014, ‘Open Horizons’ section.
  • 25th Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden. November 05-16, 2014, ‘Asian Images’ section.
  • 18th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia. November 14-30, 2014. ‘Main International Competitive’ section.
  • 45th International Film Festival of India, Goa. November 20-30, 2014. ‘Cinema of the World’ section.
  • 15th Tbilisi International Film Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia. December 01-07, 2014. ‘Horizons’ section.
  • 26th Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA. January 02-12, 2015. ‘Awards Buzz’  lineup.
  • 44th Rotterdam International Film Festival, Netherlands. January 21-February 01 2015. ‘Spectrum’ section.
  • 7th Jaipur International Film Festival, India. February 01-05, 2015. ‘Competitive’ section.
  • 38th Portland International Film Festival, USA. February 05-21, 2015. ‘Competitive’ section.
  • 25th Festival of Films From Iran, Chicago (Gene Siskel Film Center), USA. Screening dates: February 14 & 15, 2015. ‘Non-Competitive Festival’.
  • 39th Hong Kong International Film Festival. March 23-April 6, 2015.
  • 4th Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam, Willemstad, Curaçao. March 25-29, 2015.
  • 10e Panorama des cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient, France. 31 mars-19 avril 2015, Saint-Denis, Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
  • 34th Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey. April 04-19, 2015. ‘Human Rights Competitive’ section.
  • 29th Washington, DC International Film Festival, USA. April 16-26, 2015. ‘World View’ section.
  • San Diego Asian Film Festival-Spring Showcase, San Diego, USA. April 16-23, 2015. ‘Non-Competitive Festival’.
  • 16th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), South Korea. April 30-May 9, 2015. ‘CINEMAFEST’ section.
  • UCLA Film & Television Archive, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Screening date: May 01, 2015. ‘Non-Competitive Festival’.
  • 13ème Festival ‘Visions Sociales’ en partenariat avec le Festival de Cannes, Château de Mandelieu La Napoule, Cannes, France. May 16-24, 2015 ‘Non Competitive Festival’.
  • Cannes Cinéphiles, Cannes Cinéma / Festival de Cannes , France. May 16-24, 2015. ‘Non-Competitive Festival’.
  • 9th Granada Film Festival Cines del Sur, Spain. June 08-14, 2015. ‘Official Competitive’ section.
  • 1st Zürich Iranian Film Festival, Switzerland. May 28-June 03, 2015. ‘Non-Competitive Festival’.
  • 3rd Festival Cinéma(s) d’Iran, Paris, France. June 19-30, 2015. ‘Non-Competitive Festival’.
  • 33rd FILMFEST MUENCHEN, Germany. June 25-July 04, 2015. ‘International Independent Section’.
  • Phi Films-Cinémathèque de Montréal, CANADA. Screening date: Monday July 06 at 19:30
  • Indiebo-Bogota Independent Film Festival, Colombia. July 16-26, 2015. ‘World Narrative Competitive’ section.
  • 31st Gindou Film Festival/Rencontres Cinéma de Gindou, France. August 22-29, 2015. ‘Non-Competitive Festival’.
  • 8th Iranian Film Festival-San Francisco, Tiburon, USA. September 26-27, 2015. ‘Competitive’ section.
  • 16th Arabisches Film Festival, Tübingen, Germany. October 02-10, 2015. ‘Islamic and oriental’ section.
  • 3rd Casa Asia Film Week, Asian Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain. November 11-15, 2015. ‘Competitive’ section.
  • 40th Brussels’s International Film Festival (FIFB), Belgium. November 17-21, 2015. ‘Official Competitive’ section..
  • Ciné-Club Persan, Genève, Suisse. December 7, 2015.
  • 5th Iranian Film Festival, Prague Czech Republic.
    Prague: January 13-17, 2016 │Brno: January 19-20, 2016 │ Bratislava: January 28-30, 2016 ‘Competitive’ section. 
  • 14th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF), Bangaldesh. January 14-22, 2016. ‘Competitive/Spiritual Films’ section.
  • 15th Whitehead International Film Festival in Claremont, California. January 15-18, 2016 ‘Non-Competitive Festival’.
  • Edinburgh Iranian Film Festival, Scotland, UK. February 26-29, 2016. Venue: Filmhouse Cinema, ‘Non-Competitive Festival’.
  • El Hoceima International Film Festival, Morocco. March 21-26, 2016. ‘Competitive’ section.