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2022 Canadian-American short film directed by Aziz Zoromba
Simo Directed by
Aziz Zoromba Written by Aziz Zoromba Produced by Rosalie Chicoine Perreault Starring Basel El Rayes Seif El Rayes Aladeen Tawfeek Cinematography Alexandre Nour Desjardins Edited by Omar Elhamy Aziz Zoromba Music by Ilyaa Ghafouri Distributed by H264 Distribution Release date
September 13, 2022 (2022-09-13 ) (
TIFF )
Running time
23 minutes Country Canada Languages Arabic French
Simo is a 2022 Canadian short drama film, written, directed, and co-edited by
Aziz Zoromba . The film stars Basel El Rayes and Seif El Rayes as Simo and Emad, two brothers whose competitive rivalry leads to a dangerous situation when Simo sneakily tries to take over Emad's online gaming channel.
[1]
The film premiered at the
2022 Toronto International Film Festival ,
[2] where it was named the winner of the
Best Canadian Short Film award.
[3]
The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end
Canada's Top Ten list for 2022.
[4] It was shortlisted for the
Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2023,
[5] and won the
Canadian Screen Award for
Best Live Action Short Drama at the
11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.
[6]
It was a
Prix Iris nominee for
Best Live Action Short Film at the
25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023.
[7]
References
^ Frédéric Bouchard,
"TIFF : Aziz Zoromba explore les tensions fraternelles dans «Simo»" . Qui Fait Quoi , September 21, 2022.
^ Anthony D'Alessandro,
"TIFF Short Cuts Lineup Counts 39 Titles Including The Alfonso Cuaron Produced ‘Le Pupille’" .
Deadline Hollywood , August 17, 2022.
^ Christian Zilko,
"‘The Fabelmans’ Wins TIFF 2022 People’s Choice Award" .
IndieWire , September 18, 2022.
^ Pat Mullen,
"Three Feature Docs Make Canada’s Top Ten" .
Point of View , December 8, 2022.
^ Jean-Louis Bordeleau,
"Le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois s’élargit et dévoile ses finalistes" .
Le Devoir , January 19, 2023.
^ Jenna Benchetrit,
"Brother dominates with a dozen wins on third night of Canadian Screen Awards" .
CBC News , April 13, 2023.
^
"Québec Cinéma dévoile les finalistes aux PRIX IRIS 2023" . CTVM , November 14, 2023.
External links
Theatrical Short (1949–1996)
Live Action Short (1986–present)
Animated Short (1968–present) 1 These two films were given honorable mentions rather than officially winning the award, but are included here as no other winner was named above them.