Time Flies (2013 film)

Time Flies
Film poster
FrenchNous avions
Directed byStéphane Moukarzel
Written byStéphane Moukarzel
Produced byGabrielle Tougas-Fréchette
StarringLiridon Rashiti
Minoo Gundevia
Deena Aziz
Avinas Gnanapragasam
Michelle Michael
Naseem Siddiqi
CinematographyVincent Biron
Edited byVéronique Barbe
Release date
  • September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10) (TIFF)
Running time
19 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesFrench
Urdu
English

Time Flies (French: Nous avions) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Stéphane Moukarzel and released in 2013.[1] Depicting a Pakistani Canadian immigrant family in Montreal, the film centres on teenage son Akram's (Liridon Rashiti) decision to run off to live his own life independently of his family's strict rules.

The film's cast also includes Minoo Gundevia, Deena Aziz, Avinas Gnanapragasam, Michelle Michael and Naseem Siddiqi.

The film premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival,[2] and was named to TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list as one of the ten best Canadian short films of the year.[3] It was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014,[4] and a Prix Jutra nominee for Best Short Film at the 16th Jutra Awards.[5]

  1. ^ "« Nous avions », le pari multiculturel de Stéphane Moukarzel". Lien Multimédia, May 24, 2013.
  2. ^ "Canadian filmmakers think international; Global market the new order of business". Regina Leader-Post, September 4, 2013.
  3. ^ "TIFF's Top 10 films of 2013 taps Enemy, The F Word, Gabrielle". CBC News, December 3, 2013.
  4. ^ "Écrans canadiens 2014 : Le sacre de Gabrielle, la domination d’Enemy". Voir, March 10, 2014.
  5. ^ "Lit blanc : une vidéo de Stéphane Moukarzel en hommage à l’hiver". Voir, March 15, 2017.