Firecrackers (film)

Firecrackers
Film poster
Directed byJasmin Mozaffari
Written byJasmin Mozaffari
Produced byCaitlin Grabham
Kristy Neville
StarringMichaela Kurimsky
Karena Evans
CinematographyCatherine Lutes
Edited bySimone Smith
Music byCasey Manierka-Quaile
Production
companies
Prowler Film
Wildling Pictures
Alcina Pictures
Distributed bylevelFILM (Canada)
Good Deed Entertainment (USA)
Release date
  • September 8, 2018 (2018-09-08) (TIFF)
Running time
93 min
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Firecrackers is a 2018 Canadian drama film written and directed by Jasmin Mozaffari. An expansion of Mozaffari's 2013 short film of the same name, the film stars Michaela Kurimsky and Karena Evans as two teenage girls trying to escape their small town.[1]

The film has its world premiere on September 8, 2018 at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] It was released theatrically on March 29, 2019 in Canada[3] and on July 12, 2019 in the United States.[4]

  1. ^ Erbland, Kate (August 1, 2018). "'Firecrackers' First Look: Jasmin Mozaffari's Female-Centric TIFF Premiere Challenges the Patriarchy". Indiewire. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  2. ^ Wilner, Norman (August 1, 2018). "TIFF 2018: Rob Stewart, Denys Arcand, Jennifer Baichwal films among Canadian titles". NOW Magazine. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  3. ^ Hertz, Barry (March 28, 2019). "Review: Jasmin Mozaffari's Firecrackers is an incendiary, four-star debut". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  4. ^ Debruge, Peter (July 13, 2019). "Film Review: 'Firecrackers'". Variety. Retrieved August 24, 2019.