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
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Cast |
The Shopkeeper - Tomaš Dubček: Marián Mitaš
The Customer - Mark Pollack: Andrej Kováč
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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.
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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.
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Hossein Martin Fazeli www.fazelifilms.com
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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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