FIRECRACKERS (2019)

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. 

AWARDS

WINNER Best Film, XXIX Competition, Stockholm Film Festival
WINNER Best Actress (Michaela Kurimsky), XXIX Competition, Stockholm Film Festival

WINNER Achievement in Direction, Canadian Screen Awards 2019
WINNER Achievement in Editing, Canadian Screen Awards 2019
NOMINEE Achievement in Costume Design, Canadian Screen Awards 2019
NOMINEE John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award, Canadian Screen Awards 2019

Official Selection, TIFF’s Canada’s Top 10 2018
NOMINEE Toronto Film Critics Association Rogers Best Canadian Film Award

FESTIVALS

2018 Toronto International Film Festival (Canada)
2018 Atlantic Film Festival (Canada)
2018 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival (Canada)
2018 Calgary International Film Festival (Canada)
2018 Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada)
2018 Zurich Film Festival (Switzerland)
2018 Filmfest Hamburg (Germany)
2018 Festival du nouveau cinéma (Canada)
2018 Tofifest (Poland)
2018 São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil)
2018 Forest City Film Festival (Canada)
2018 Stockholm International Film Festival (Sweden)
2018 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia)
2019 Victoria Film Festival (Canada)
2019 Available Light Film Festival (Canada)
2019 Powell River Film Festival (Canada)
2019 Kingston Canadian Film Festival (Canada)
2019 Luxembourg City Film Festival (Luxembourg)
2019 I kvinnlig regi (Sweden)
2019 Gasparilla International Film Festival (USA)
2019 The Swedish Human Rights Film Festival (Sweden)
2019 Prague International Film Festival (Czech Republic)
2019 BUFF International Film Festival (Sweden)
2019 Stockholm International Festival Junior (Sweden)
2019 OFF CAMERA Intl Festival of Independent Cinema (Poland)
2019 Riviera Film Festival (Italy)
2019 Seattle International Film Festival (USA)
2019 Kyiv Molodist International Film Festival (Ukraine)
2019 Oslo Pix (Norway)
2019 Willson Oakville Film Festival (Canada)
2019 Duluth Superior Film Festival (USA)
2019 Edinburgh Film Festival (UK)
2019 Open Roof Film Festival (Canada)

PRESS

CRITIC’S PICK ‘Firecrackers’ Review: Young, Angry and Trapped - New York Times
Film Review: ‘Firecrackers’ - Variety
Review: Canadian drama ‘Firecrackers’ marks the daring arrival of new talent - LA Times
Jasmin Mozaffari’s Firecrackers: A Gripping, Beautifully Controlled Debut Film - Vulture
'Firecrackers': Film Review - The Hollywood Reporter
Review: Jasmin Mozaffari’s Firecrackers is an incendiary, four-star debut  - Globe & Mail
This story of small-town women yearning to escape is one of the best Canadian films in years - The Star 
Good Deed Entertainment Sets Off ‘Firecrackers’ - Deadline
AFM Indie Director Roundtable - The Hollywood Reporter
FIRECRACKERS Interview - ZFFDaily 2018
Jasmin Mozaffari’s Female-Centric TIFF Premiere Challenges the Patriarchy - IndieWire
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
One to watch – the dynamite Jasmin Mozaffari and her feature debut Firecrackers - Globe & Mail

Produced with the participation of TELEFILM CANADA and the TALENT FUND.

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