Writer, director, and producer Ava Maria Safai joined me at @FantasiaFest 2025, to discuss her debut feature length horror FOREIGNER about the trauma of cultural erasure and assimilation experienced by Yasi (Rose Deghan), a young girl attempting to fit into her new Canadian school after immigrating with her family from Iran.
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Foreigner is produced by @harlequintheatresociety , and had its world premiere in the in the Septenrion Shadows platform.
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