Simo
Director: Aziz Zoromba
Producers: Rosalie Chicoine Perreault (Scara•b Films)
Canada, 2022, 20 min.
The usual rivalries and jealousies that exist between two Egyptian teenage brothers Simo and Emad take a dangerous turn that may seriously impact the future of their family.
SIMO won the Best Canadian Short Film Award at TIFF, had its international premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and its European premiere at the 73rd Berlinale (Generation). It was also the winner of the 2022 IMDb Short Cuts award for Best Canadian Film.
Aziz Zoromba is a Canadian writer & director of Egyptian origins. His works, documentaries and
fiction, explore the themes of cultural identity, assimilation and intergenerational trauma. He is a graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim school of cinema and an alumnus of the 2019 Sundance Ignite fellowship. Faraway, his first documentary short, has screened at over 30 film festivals around the world. Aziz also co-produced the short documentary No Crying at the Dinner Table, winner of over 25 awards and selected by over 80 festivals including TIFF, SXSW & IDFA.
Writer: Aziz Zoromba
Principal cast: Basel El Rayes, Seif El Rayes, Aladeen Tawfeek