FESTIVALS
2018 Toronto International Film Festival
2018 Atlantic Film Festival
2018 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival
2018 Calgary International Film Festival
2018 Vancouver International Film Festival
2018 Zurich Film Festival
2018 Filmfest Hamburg
2018 Festival du nouveau cinéma
2018 Tofifest
2018 São Paulo International Film Festival
2018 Forest City Film Festival
2018 Stockholm International Film Festival
2018 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
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
“...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