FESTIVALS
2018 Toronto International Film Festival (Canada)
2018 Atlantic Film Festival (Canada)
2018 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival (Canada)
2018 Calgary International Film Festival (Canada)
2018 Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada)
2018 Zurich Film Festival (Switzerland)
2018 Filmfest Hamburg (Germany)
2018 Festival du nouveau cinéma (Canada)
2018 Tofifest (Poland)
2018 São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil)
2018 Forest City Film Festival (Canada)
2018 Stockholm International Film Festival (Sweden)
2018 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia)
2019 Victoria Film Festival (Canada)
2019 Available Light Film Festival (Canada)
2019 Powell River Film Festival (Canada)
2019 Kingston Canadian Film Festival (Canada)
2019 Luxembourg City Film Festival (Luxembourg)
2019 I kvinnlig regi (Sweden)
2019 Gasparilla International Film Festival (USA)
2019 The Swedish Human Rights Film Festival (Sweden)
2019 Prague International Film Festival (Czech Republic)
2019 BUFF International Film Festival (Sweden)
AWARDS
Best Feature, Forest City Film Festival
Bronze Horse for Best Film, XXIX Competition, Stockholm Film Festival
Aluminum Horse for Best Actress (Michaela Kurimsky), XXIX Competition, Stockholm Film Festival
Official Selection, TIFF’s Canada’s Top 10 2018
WINNER Achievement in Direction, Canadian Screen Awards 2019
WINNER Achievement in Editing, Canadian Screen Awards 2019
NOMINEE Achievement in Costume Design, Canadian Screen Awards 2019
NOMINEE John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award, Canadian Screen Awards 2019
“...Mozaffari delivers a supernaturally confident feature debut.”
Good Deed Entertainment Sets Off ‘Firecrackers’ - Deadline
‘Firecrackers,’ ‘Skate Kitchen’ Win Top Awards at Female-Centric Stockholm Film Festival - Variety
"Every Film Must Be Something That Has Never Been Done Before": AFM Indie Director Roundtable - The Hollywood Reporter
FIRECRACKERS Interview - ZFFDaily 2018
‘Firecrackers’ First Look: Jasmin Mozaffari’s Female-Centric TIFF Premiere Challenges the Patriarchy - IndieWire
Drake Video Director Karena Evans Steps in Front of the Camera - The Star
CMPA Indiescreen Awards honour Simone Urdl and Jennifer Weiss, Caitlin Grabham - Screen Daily
levelFILM and Seville International Light Up ‘Firecrackers’ – Toronto - Deadline Hollywood
TIFF 2018: 10 Must-See Movies, According To Film Experts - Huffington Post Canada
TIFF 2018: One to watch – the dynamite Jasmin Mozaffari and her feature debut Firecrackers - Globe & Mail
“...a perfectly directed film where all elements come together in a unique universe of its own.”
F I R E C R A C K E R S | 2 0 1 8
Two best friends’ plan to escape their destitute town becomes derailed when the consequences of a night of debauchery begins to dismantle their friendship and threatens their chance at freedom.
principal cast
lou | MICHAELA KURIMSKY
chantal | KARENA EVANS
jesse | CALLUM THOMPSON
leanne | TAMARA LECLAIR
johnny | DAVID KINGSTON
writer + director
JASMIN MOZAFFARI
producer
CAITLIN GRABHAM
executive producers
KRISTY NEVILLE
PAUL BARKIN
MATT CODE
director of photography
CATHERINE LUTES
production designer
THEA HOLLATZ
costume designer
MARA ZIGLER
editor
SIMONE SMITH
composer
CASEY MQ
stills photography
LAURA-LYNN PETRICK
MARLO BILLET
publicity stills
MAYA FUHR
PRODUCED WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF TELEFILM CANADA AND THE TALENT FUND
international sales
SEVILLE INTERNATIONAL
canadian distribution
LEVEL FILM
us distribution
GOOD DEED ENTERTAINMENT