Tehranto

{{Short description|2022 Canadian comedy-drama film}} {{Infobox film | name = Tehranto | image = | caption = Film poster | director = Faran Moradi | producer = Jacqueline de Niverville | writer = Faran Moradi Nathan Martinak | starring = Sammy Azero Mo Zeighami Navid Negahban | music = Jarrid Dudley | cinematography = Keenan Lynch | editing = Faran Moradi | studio = 1UTT Productions Lucent Nova 9 Pictures | distributor = | released = {{film date|2022|03|22|CFF}} | runtime = 92 minutes | country = Canada | language = English Persian | budget = }}

'''''Tehranto''''' is a 2022 Canadian romantic comedy-drama film, directed by Faran Moradi.<ref>Bradley Gibson, [https://filmthreat.com/reviews/tehranto/ "Tehranto"]. ''Film Threat'', October 17, 2022.</ref> The film stars Sammy Azero and Mo Zeighami as Badi Alavi and Sharon Moridi, university students in the Iranian Canadian community in Toronto, Ontario, who meet and fall in love despite the disapproval of their family and friends.<ref name=belanger>Joe Belanger, [https://lfpress.com/entertainment/local-arts/londoner-faran-moradi-coming-home-for-screening-of-first-feature-film "Londoner Faran Moradi coming home for screening of first feature film"]. ''London Free Press'', November 24, 2022.</ref>

The cast also includes Navid Negahban, Mahsa Ghorbankarimi, Ali Badshah, Niaz Salimi, Elias Edraki, Farid Yazdani, Sarah Camacho, Kathryn Davis, Farshideh Nasrin, Feraidoon Moradipour, Neil Crone, Travis Nelson, Venus Razzaghi, Dan Abramovici, Neil Affleck and Sahba Kian.

The film premiered as the opening film of the 2022 Canadian Film Festival.<ref>Kelly Townsend, [https://playbackonline.ca/2022/03/02/canadian-film-fest-to-open-with-world-premiere-of-tehranto/ "Canadian Film Fest to open with world premiere of Tehranto"]. ''Playback'', March 2, 2022.</ref> It was later screened at the Ottawa Canadian Film Festival, where it won the Audience Favourite award,<ref name=belanger/> and at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival, where it won the award for Best Feature Narrative: Drama.<ref>Angelica Babiera, [https://playbackonline.ca/2022/09/02/tehranto-out-in-the-ring-win-jury-film-awards-at-cinequest/ "Tehranto, Out in the Ring win Jury Film Awards at Cinequest"]. ''Playback'', September 2, 2022.</ref>

The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, for Best Cinematography (Keenan Lynch) and Best Editing (Moradi).<ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/ecrans-canadiens-viking13-nominations/ "Écrans canadiens – Viking,13 nominations"]. ''Films du Québec'', February 22, 2023.</ref>

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Category:2022 films Category:2022 romantic comedy-drama films Category:Canadian romantic comedy-drama films Category:2022 English-language films Category:2022 Canadian films Category:English-language Canadian films Category:2022 directorial debut films Category:English-language romantic comedy-drama films