Simo (film)

Simo is a 2022 Canadian short drama film, written, directed, and co-edited by Aziz Zoromba. The film stars Basel El Rayes and Seif El Rayes as Simo and Emad, two brothers whose competitive rivalry leads to a dangerous situation when Simo sneakily tries to take over Emad's online gaming channel.[1]

Simo
Directed byAziz Zoromba
Written byAziz Zoromba
Produced byRosalie Chicoine Perreault
StarringBasel El Rayes
Seif El Rayes
Aladeen Tawfeek
CinematographyAlexandre Nour Desjardins
Edited byOmar Elhamy
Aziz Zoromba
Music byIlyaa Ghafouri
Distributed byH264 Distribution
Release date
  • September 13, 2022 (2022-09-13) (TIFF)
Running time
23 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesArabic
French

The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival,[2] where it was named the winner of the Best Canadian Short Film award.[3]

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022.[4] It was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2023,[5] and won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.[6]

References
  1. Frédéric Bouchard, "TIFF : Aziz Zoromba explore les tensions fraternelles dans «Simo»". Qui Fait Quoi, September 21, 2022.
  2. Anthony D'Alessandro, "TIFF Short Cuts Lineup Counts 39 Titles Including The Alfonso Cuaron Produced ‘Le Pupille’". Deadline Hollywood, August 17, 2022.
  3. Christian Zilko, "‘The Fabelmans’ Wins TIFF 2022 People’s Choice Award". IndieWire, September 18, 2022.
  4. Pat Mullen, "Three Feature Docs Make Canada’s Top Ten". Point of View, December 8, 2022.
  5. Jean-Louis Bordeleau, "Le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois s’élargit et dévoile ses finalistes". Le Devoir, January 19, 2023.
  6. Jenna Benchetrit, "Brother dominates with a dozen wins on third night of Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, April 13, 2023.


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