Farbod Khoshtinat’s Two Little Boys’ focuses on a closeted bully who refuses to come out when he is challenged by his victim’s confession of love towards him, leading to unexpected and shocking consequences. This topical short screened at the 2020 Brooklyn Film Festival and was a finalist at the 2020 Manhattan Short Film Festival in September.
Synopsis: A boy’s love for his closeted bully drives him into an unconventional road to confession and its consequences.
Director Farbod Khoshtinat is an LA-based Iranian Director. Farbod has worked on a variety of short films such A Persian Affair, Love, Fear, and feature films that have screened at the Sundance Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival. His award-winning short film about democracy in Iran has screened in venues such as the United Nations, Director’s Guild of America, and MPAA and was personally awarded by US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.
The Official Trailer for Two Little Boys written and directed by Farbod Khoshtinat
Producer Sepehr Mikailian has been active in various aspects of production in Iranian cinema. His production experience exceeds 20 feature films including assistant to Bahman Ghobadi in No One Knows About Persian Cats, Rhino Season, and production coordinator for over 15 documentaries for Iranian and international venues such as Aljazeerah English, ARTE, and Canal Plus.
Cinematographer Samudranil Chatterjee’s narrative work has played at various high-profile film festivals such as SXSW, Clermont Ferrand, Outfest, Toronto International Film Festival amongst others, as well as premiering on Vimeo Staff Picks, Short of the Week, and Omeleto. His work has also won him prestigious awards from the Australian Cinematographer’s Society (ACS). Sam has photographed over two dozen narratives including short films and feature-length series.
Two Little Boys screened as a finalist at the Manhattan Short Film Festival in September. It also screened at the Oscar-qualifying Out On Film: Atlanta’s LGBTQ Film Festival in September, the Oscar-qualifying Nashville Film Festival, Norwich Film Festival, the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, and at Ireland’s Kerry International Film Festival in October.
The cast is Trace Talbot (Josh), Asa Germann (Tyler), Jordan Kyle (Sam), Nathaniel Castelo (Tyler’s Childhood), Luka Kantsebovskiy (Josh’s Childhood), and Rebecca Ritz (Tyler’s Mom).
The crew includes Director, Writer & Executive Producer Farbod Khoshtinat; Producer Sepehr Mikaeilian; Associate Producer Mada Matthew Davis; Unit Production Manager Nila Zojaji; Director of Photography Samudranil Chatterjee; Stunts Omid Zader; Camera & Electrical Sander Lebau, Will Randall, Yoni Shrira, Michal Wronski, Lucia Zavarcikova; Sound Sepehr Mikaeilian; Editor Farbod Khoshtinat; Makeup Sarah Contreras, Sam Riley; Music Artem Semenov.
Farbod has recently settled in LA and is working on a contract basis with various major motion design studios for high profile projects. On the side, Farbod is continuing his passion as a filmmaker and has been aiming to produce at least one short film a year.
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