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I'm Glad You're Dead Now | FYC Best Live Action Short Film
Partner Message - For Your Consideration Best Live Action Short Film

Director
Tawfeek Barhom
Producers
Tawfeek Barhom, Akis Polizos, Stylianos Cotionis, Alexandre Perrier
Executive Producer
Joaquin Phoenix & Rooney Mara
Synopsis: Two brothers return to the island of their childhood, where buried secrets and heavy tensions force them to confront a dark past that connects them.

NEWS: Joaquin Phoenix & Rooney Mara join the team as Executive Producers on the film:
Academy Award® winning actor Joaquin Phoenix & Oscar® nominated Rooney Mara have come on board as executive producers for Tawfeek Barhom’s short film, supporting the promotion, distribution and strategic collaborations to ensure the film’s continued impact and reach.
“This is a film that confronts memory, trauma, and reconciliation in a way that feels urgent and necessary today. I’m proud to be part of its future.”
— Joaquin Phoenix
“From the moment I saw ‘I’m Glad You’re Dead Now,’ its emotional weight and restrained power stayed with me. I am honored to support Tawfeek’s vision and the film’s continuing journey.”
— Rooney Mara

Watch the film in New York on the big screen
invitations to special FYC private screenings:
— NYC: COBBLE HILL CINEMAS —
In introduction of the feature film ‘OMAR’
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD - 8:00 PM
265 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
— NYC: THE NEW SCHOOL —
Alongside the film ‘Yalla Parkour’ & the short ‘My Brother, My Brother’
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5th - 7:00 PM
Room UL104 : 72 5th Avenue New York, NY 10011
— NYC: THE NEW SCHOOL —
Alongside the film ‘Yalla Parkour’ & the short ‘My Brother, My Brother’
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6th - 7:00 PM
Room UL104 : 72 5th Avenue New York, NY 10011

Watch the Behind the Scenes video
of 'I'm Glad You're Dead Now'
Filmmaker & actor Tawfeek Barhom sits down to unpack the making of his haunting new short film, I’m Glad You’re Dead Now.





