One Day This Kid – Review and Summary
One Day This Kid, through navigating three stages of a young man’s life, homes in on the evolution of a father/son’s relationship.
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“One Day This Kid” Film Details
- Runtime: 0 Hour(s) and 17 Minutes
- Seen Via: Film Festival – NewFest (More Coverage Of The 2025 Film Festival)
- Released On: Digital
- Public Release Date: October 9, 2025
- Director(s): Alexander Farah
- Writer(s): Alexander Farah
- Based On Work By: David Wonjnarowicz
- Primary Language: English | Non-English (Farsi)
- Genre(s): Drama, LGBT+
- Rating: Not Rated
- Distributor: NewFest
- NewFest Site Link
Movie Summary
Covering Hamed’s life from a child, to a teenager, to an adult, we watch as he comes to realize he is gay and tries to navigate how the relationships in his life, especially with his father, change as he comes to realize it stage by stage.
Cast and Characters
Hamed (Massey Ahmar, Mahan Mohammadinasab, Elyas Rahimi)
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- Character Summary: Hamed is a young person who, potentially since dancing to the Spice Girls with their sister, has been aware that they were different. However, as they got older, things were confirmed, and because of their upbringing, relationships shifted.
Hamed’s Dad (Aydin Malekooti)
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- Character Summary: Hamed’s dad is from Iran, immigrated with his family to Canada, and is more conservative than Hamed’s mom or sister.
What To Expect In “One Day This Kid” (Not Rated) – Content Overview
- Dialog:
- Cursing: Occasional
- Sexual Content:
- Nudity: Tantalizing | Backside
- Sexual Situations: Explicit
- Miscellaneous:
- Smoking: Yes
Review and Commentary
Highlight(s)
The Weight Of A Complicated Relationship [/100]
One Day This Kid doesn’t get into the nitty-gritty of how you assume Hamed and his dad’s relationship becomes. It is made clear how he reacts to his son dancing to the Spice Girls and seeing a man’s bare behind on stage. From that point on, you are just led to assume because of religion, because Hamed’s dad could be a conservative Iranian, the worst and the short never refutes this.
Yet, there is also the need to question, as you hear Hamed’s dad, sick and damn near begging to hear from his son, is the rejection in Hamed’s head, or did something actually happen, was anything said? Never mind, could there be reconciliation?
It’s what stirs complex emotions, maybe similar to what Hamed is dealing with, as you see Hamed does have some sense of longing for his father, but it is hard to say if it is just the nostalgia for who his father was, or if he actually wants to bond with the man as he is.
Overall
Our Rating (83/100): Positive (Worth Seeing)
While One Day This Kid didn’t make me cry, I can feel my tear ducts activated and find my mind swirling with thoughts about my personal life and the relationship I have with my own dad. How much of the relationship, or lack thereof, is because of me, and how I made up answers to problems without his input. If not, blocked potential connection because it required more work than I was, or maybe am, willing to put in.
In 17 minutes, split between three life stages, you find yourself left in a place where you’ll likely be reflective longer than the short was, which speaks to the power of all that came to be in One Day This Kid.
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