| Simo | |
| Director: | Aziz Zoromba |
| Producer: | Rosalie Chicoine Perreault |
| Starring: | Basel El Rayes Seif El Rayes Aladeen Tawfeek |
| Music: | Ilyaa Ghafouri |
| Cinematography: | Alexandre Nour Desjardins |
| Editing: | Omar Elhamy Aziz Zoromba |
| Distributor: | H264 Distribution |
| Runtime: | 23 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | Arabic French |
Simo is a 2022 Canadian short drama film, written, directed, and co-edited by Aziz Zoromba. The film stars Basel El Rayes and Seif El Rayes as Simo and Emad, two brothers whose competitive rivalry leads to a dangerous situation when Simo sneakily tries to take over Emad's online gaming channel.[1]
The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival,[2] where it was named the winner of the Best Canadian Short Film award.[3]
The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022.[4] It was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2023,[5] and won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.[6]
It was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023.[7]