A young Canadian travelling to Iran has a conversation with an older Persian man. While neither speak the other person’s language, over the course of an afternoon find ways to connect.

To be shown with ANTHROPOCENE
Sunday, Jan 27 2:00 pm

About the Filmmaker:

Nathanael Draper is a Vancouver based filmmaker with commercials and short films of various genres to his name. Growing up in Toronto, the magic of cinema was a constant fascination to him. At the age of sixteen, he was approached by Machinima.com to enter into a director partnership program where he created original shorts using video games. After graduating high school, Nate relocated to Vancouver to study film production at VFS.

Recently he’s directed web content for Canadian charities including the Alzheimer Society of Ontario and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Other projects include a music video for his own musical group FrĀmz as well as a short film titled Yellow Can.

His most recent film ‘Shiraz’, inspired by his own journey to Iran in 2014. He believes that the most engaging stories not only entertain but also challenge audiences to re-examine our self-perceptions and interactions in the world around us.