Daddy (2015 drama film)

Daddy is a feature film produced and directed by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh, that has participated in several international film festivals in 2015 and 2016[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] and has been nominated for and won several awards.[5][8][9][10][11][12][13] The movie was filmed in St. Mary's, Georgia as well as in Jacksonville, Florida, at locations such as the historic Sun Ray Cinema at Five points. Several articles describe the movie's shooting and international film participation in the newspapers.[12][14][15][16][17][18]

Daddy
Directed byMahmoud Shoolizadeh
Produced byMahmoud Shoolizadeh, and Rozina Behrooz
Written byMahmoud Shoolizadeh, Dena McKinnon
StarringIan Doherty, Alyssa Marchelletta, Karren Overstreet, Kenny Logsdon
Music byGeorge Palousis
CinematographyBernardo Santana
Edited byMahmoud Shoolizadeh
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

The feature fiction film Daddy as seen in the official movie trailer on YouTube[19] is about a young teenage boy who finds out his girlfriend is pregnant. The troubled teen changes his ways and tries passionately to prepare for fatherhood, but he has an extremely hard time to cope with the unexpected and shocking challenges he is facing.

Awards and nominations


Award for the Best Leading Actress at Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival, December 2015.[10]
Film director Mahmoud Shoolizadeh won two awards at the 2016 Kids International Film Festival, Madrid, Spain. One award for Best Feature Film for Kids, and one award for Best Director. May 2016
  • Award Winner of the Best Cinematographer (Santana Bernardo) at the Branson International Film Festival, Branson, Missouri, USA, 2019 [20]
  • Award Winner of the Best Lead Young Actor (Ian Doherty) at the Branson International Film Festival, Branson, Missouri, USA, 2019[20]
  • Award Winner of the Best Supporting Actor (Chad Light) at the Branson International Film Festival, Branson, Missouri, USA, 2019[20]
  • Nominee for the Best Feature Fiction Film (Mahmoud Shoolizadeh) at the Branson International Film Festival, Branson, Missourie, USA, April 2019[20]
  • Nominee for the Best Young Actress for the Lead Role (Alyssa Marchelletta) at the Branson International Film Festival, Branson, Missourie, USA, April 2019[20]
  • Nominee for the Best Young actor for the Lead Role (Ian Doherty) at the Branson International Film Festival, Branson, Missourie, USA, April 2019[20]
  • Nominee for the Best Cinematography (Bernardo Santana) at the Branson International Film Festival, Branson, Missourie, USA, April 2019[20]
  • Nominee for the Best Supporting actress as the Adoptive Mother (Jullie Ann Maszy) at the Branson International Film Festival, Branson, Missourie, USA, April 2019[20]
  • Nominee for the Best Supporting actor as the Adoptive Father (Chad Light) at the Branson International Film Festival, Branson, Missourie, USA, April 2019[20]
  • Nominee for the Best Supporting actor (Mychal Wayne) as the Pizza Shop Manager at the Branson International Film Festival, Branson, Missourie, USA, April 2019[20]
  • Nominee for the Best feature film at San Benedetto Film Fest, Italy, July 2018. [21]
  • Nominee for the Best Feature Film at the Sunset Blvd International Film Festival, Universal City, California, USA, August 2016
  • Award for the Best Director at The Kids Film Festival, Madrid, Spain, May 2016[22]
  • Award for the Best Feature Film for Kids at The Kids Film Festival, Madrid, Spain, May 2016[22]
  • Award for the Best Children's Film at the Los Angeles World International Film Festival, Los Angeles, California, USA, April 2016[23][24]
  • Gold Medal Award for the Best Original Score at the Annual Global Independent Film Awards, USA, 2016
  • Award for the Best American Film at Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, December 2015[25]
  • Award for the Best feature Film at Phoenix International Film Festival, Melbourn, Australia, November 2015[8][9]
  • Award for the Best Leading Actress at Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival, Tampa, Florida, USA, December 2015[10][11]
  • Award for Best Feature Film at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Award for Best Drama at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Award for Best Screenplay at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Award for Best Original Score at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Award for Best Cinematography at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Award for Best Production Design at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Award for Best Lead actor, at Brasov International Film Festival, Brasov, Romania, September 2015[13]
  • Finalist for Best Screenplay at the Moondance International Film Festival, Colorado, USA, 2015[5]
  • Nominee for the Best Picture Faith at Florida Movie Festival, Florida, USA, March 2016
  • Nominee for the Best Feature Film at Florida Movie Festival, Florida, USA, March 2016
  • Nominee for the Best Screenplay at Annual Global Independent Film Awards, USA, 2016
  • Nominee for the Best Lead Actress at Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival, Tampa, FL, USA, December 2015[26]
  • Nominee for the Best Feature Film at Phoenix Film Festival Melbourn, Melbourne, Australia, November 2015[27]
  • Nominee for Best Film at Brasov International Film Festival Brasov, Romania, September 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Director at Brasov International Film Festival Brasov, Romania, September 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Screenplay at Brasov International Film Festival, Brasov, Romania, September 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Art Direction at Brasov International Film Festival, Brasov, Romania, September 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Lead Actor at Brasov International Film Festival, Brasov, Romania, September 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Lead Actress at Brasov International Film Festival, Brasov, Romania, September 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Cinematographer at Brasov International Film Festival, Brasov, Romania, September 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Original Music Score at Brasov International Film Festival, Brasov, Romania, September 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Feature Film at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Independent Film at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Drama at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Production Design at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Screenplay at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Cinematography at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Lead Actor under 18 at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best lead Actress under 18 at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Original Score at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Hair & Make-up at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]
  • Nominee for Best Costumes at Global Independent Film Awards, USA, July 2015[12]

International Film Festival Participations
Behind the scenes of the film daddy (2015 feature film), showing film director Mahmoud Shoolizadeh, Cinematographer Bernardo Santana, Actress Alyssa Marchelletta, and Actor Ian Doherty.
Second official poster of this film
  • Branson International Film Festival, Branson, Missourie, USA, April 2019[20]
  • San Benedetto Film Fest, San Benedetto, Italy, July 2018[21]
  • Sunset Blvd International Film Festival, Universal City, California, USA, August 2016
  • The Kids Film Festival, Madrid, Spain, May 2016[22]
  • High Desert International Film Festival, Nevada, USA, May 2016
  • Los Angeles World International Film Festival, LA, CA, USA, April 2016[23][24]
  • Reykjavik World International Film Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland, April 2016[28]
  • Florida Movie Festival, Casselberry, FL, USA, March 2016
  • Coastal Georgia Film Alliance Filmfest, St. Marys, GA, USA, Feb 2016
  • Hong Kong world Film Festival, Hong Kong, December 2015
  • The Strange Film Awards, USA, November 2015
  • Barcelona Planet Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain, December 2015[29]
  • Melbourn World International Film Festival, Melbourn, Australia, December 2015[30]
  • Toronto World International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, December 2015[31]
  • Singapore World International Film Festival, Singapour, December 2015
  • Tampa Bay Underground International Film Festival, Tampa, USA, December 2015[11]
  • CinemAvvenire Film Festival, Rome, Italy, December 2015 14- CineFest Global Film Festival, Houston, USA, November 2015
  • The Strange Film Awards, USA, November 2015
  • Phoenix International Film Festival, Melbourn, Australia, November 2015[8][9] 11- Kinolit Film Festival, Moscow, Russia, "Daddy", November 2015
  • World International Film Festival, USA, November 2015[1]
  • Red Dirt International Film Festival, Stillwater, OK, USA, October 2015[32][33][34]
  • Switzerland Indie Film Festival, Switzerland, October 2015
  • Jerome Indie International Film & Music Festival, Tempe, Arizona, USA, September 2015
  • Miami Independent Film Festival, Miami, Florida, USA, September 2015[6]
  • Brasov International Film Festival, Brasov, Romania, September 2015[2][35]
  • Los Angeles CineFest Film Festival, LA, California, USA, August 2015[7]
  • The Boonies International Film Festival, Pennsylvania, USA, August 2015[3][4]
  • Portland Rising International Film Festival, Portland, Oregon, USA, August 2015
  • Global Independent Film Awards, LA, California, USA, July 2015

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