Hey, Reddit! I’m Reza Dahya and my function movie debut, BOXCUTTER (SXSW 2025), hits digital platforms on 11/21! It options rising star Ashton James as an aspiring rapper in search of his huge break in Toronto’s music business. AMA!
Right here's the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L5b1IeeSHQ
About Boxcutter:
Aspiring rapper Rome has the expertise and the imaginative and prescient to interrupt out in Toronto's hip-hop scene however his crippling insecurity is holding him again. When he learns that megastar producer Richie Hill will likely be making an look at a neighborhood membership, Rome seizes the prospect to fulfill him and get him his album. Nevertheless, catastrophe strikes when Rome’s residence is burglarized and the one copy of his album is stolen. Racing throughout town together with his good friend Jenaya, Rome scrambles to trace down his collaborators, and his data, earlier than he misses his one shot. Set towards Toronto’s gentrifying streets and its vibrant music scene, BOXCUTTER options an genuine look into Toronto’s artistic arts group with fixtures like Wealthy Kidd (2-time Juno-winning artist, produced songs for Drake, DMX, Jay Electronica and extra), Clairmont the Second (Juno, Polaris & Prism-nominated artist), RUSSELL! (R&B singer/producer) and Junia-T (the official DJ for world celebrity Jessie Reyez) all making appearances.
About Director Reza Dahya:
Reza Dahya is understood for his work as a number and producer of OTA Reside on FLOW 93.5 FM in Toronto. He transitioned into filmmaking together with his brief movies, ESHA and the crowd-funded FIVE DOLLARS, which premiered on the TIFF Children Worldwide Movie Competition, screened internationally and aired on CBC’s "Canadian Reflections". A 2015 alumnus of the CFC Administrators’ Lab, Dahya accomplished his CFC Brief Movie, CHAMELEON, the impartial THE WORST PART and is presently releasing his function movie debut, BOXCUTTER (SXSW, 2025).
For added info: https://filmmovement.com/boxcutter
Ask me something! I'll be again tomorrow Friday 11/21 at 3 PM ET at to reply any questions.
