Young Guns

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2022 Young Guns - YG Profile

Alexander Farah

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Client YG20
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Alexander Farah

Filmmaker

Hometown: Vancouver, Canada
Current City: Vancouver, Canada

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Alexander Farah is an Afghan-Canadian director and editor currently between Vancouver and Toronto. His editorial work has screened at Berlinale, Telluride, Clermont-Ferrand and Palm Springs, and has scored prestigious wins at VIFF, the Cannes YDA and the Kinsale Shark Awards. His short form work, both as an editor and director, lives online through platforms like Nowness, Director's Notes and Vimeo's Staff Pick Premieres. Alex's first directorial short film "Sahar" premiered at TIFF in 2014, while his last directed music video "Meet You At The Light" won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Choice Award for Best Music Video at SXSW 2022. His editorial feature film debut "Soft" world premiered at TIFF in 2022.