Bibi's Dog is Dead

A graduate of the Toronto Metropolitan University’s film program, Shervin is an award winning Iranian-Canadian filmmaker whose films have been recognized at dozens of international festivals, and supported with grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and Toronto Arts Council. His previous short films include Sofia, starring Art Hindle, Lawrence Dane and principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada, Sonia Rodriguez. Sofia won "Best Short" at the Rome and Ojai film festivals, "Best Cinematography" at the enRoute film festival, and played at the Oscar-qualifying Montreal and Rhode Island film festivals. His short Eros was nominated for four Golden Sheaf Awards, and won "Best Cinematography" at the Future of Film Showcase.

His short, Bibi's Dog is Dead, played at five Oscar-qualifying film festivals including the Palm Springs Shortfest, Uppsala Short Film Festival, Flickers: Rhode Island and Indy Shorts Festivals, was nominated for “Best Live Action Short Drama” and won “Best Performance in a Live Action Short Drama” at the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards. The film premiered online on Omeleto, one of the largest platforms for acclaimed short films, with over 3.8 million subscribers on YouTube.

In 2024, Shervin was one of two Canadians selected to participate in a once-in-a-lifetime film accelerator with legendary director Werner Herzog, where he made Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts under Herzog’s direct mentorship over 10 days on the Spanish island of La Palma. Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts had its world premiere at TIFF in 2025, where it was nominated for the “Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Film,” with additional selections at VIFF, Atlantic, Whistler, Zagreb, and the Oscar-qualifying PÖFF Shorts (where it received the Jury Mention for "Best Short Film"), and Tehran International Short Film Festival. In 2026, the film was selected as one of TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten shorts.