P.O.V. No.25 - T-Shirt : Data on the film and the director

T-Shirt / Tričko




Hossein Martin Fazeli
Czech Republic, 2006, MiniDV, 11 min.

Principal Credits
Director: Hossein Martin Fazeli
Screenplay: Hossein Martin Fazeli
Dramaturg: Biba Bohinskà
Director of Photography: Tomáš Sabo
Editor: Matej Beneš
Sound Recordist: Martin Hejl
Singers: Zuzana Stirská and Gospel Time
Production: Pavel Simbartl, Raffo Tatarka, Igor Brossman
 

Cast
The Shopkeeper - Tomaš Dubček: Marián Mitaš
The Customer - Mark Pollack: Andrej Kováč
 

Synopsis
An American man walks into a small store in Slovakia. At first he's happy to find a fellow fan of baseball and the Stars and Stripes on the wall. On his way out, his eyes fall upon the t-shirt the store clerk is wearing and his mood changes dramatically.

T-Shirt has to date won 33 awards, including:
International Jury Award, Bristol Short Film Festival, 2006;
Media Award and Audience Award, Tirana International Film Festival, 2006;
Best Screenplay, Leicester International Short Film Symposium, 2006;
Best Screenplay, Santiago International Film Festival, 2006;
Best International Short Film, Cape Town World Cinema Festival, 2006;
Best Short Film, Izmir International Film Festival, 2006;
Best Live Action Short, Kara Film Festival, 2006;
Best International Short Film, Cape Town World Cinema Festival, 2006;
Audience Award, Barcelona Independent Film Festival, 2006;
Youth Jury Award, Clermont-Ferrand, 2007;
Excellence in Storytelling, Aarhus Festival of Independent Arts, 2007.



Hossein Martin Fazeli
www.fazelifilms.com

Hossein Martin Fazeli, born in Iran in 1966, now lives in Vancouver, Canada where he makes short films, documentaries, and public service announcements.

Selected filmography
2006: T-Shirt
2005: The journey
2004: A foreign poem
2003: Who is Sahraa?

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