CSF
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival Palm Springs ShortFest Nashville Film Festival Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

synopsis

Under constant pressure from her ex-husband, Nazanin should turn their child - Aban, nine years old - away from a very driven feminine taste. One day, Aban goes to the hospital thinking of undergoing life-changing surgery.

Casts

  • Ali Khoshbin ( Aban )
  • Katayoun Saleki ( Nazanin )
  • Janan Zand Akbari ( Negar )
  • Shadi Amiri ( Ms. Saeedi )
  • Delaram Fathi ( The Receptionist )

CREW

  • Director : S. Abbas (Farhad) Taheri , Mahdieh Toosi
  • Writers : Abbas Taher, Zahra Ensafi, Idea by Mahdieh Toosi
  • Producer : Pouria Mousavi, Frédéric Dubreuil, Jessica Cressy (Associate Producer: Sarah Tabibzadeh)
  • Production company : The GlobeCSF, Envie De Tempete
  • Director of Photography (DoP) : Navid Moheymanian
  • Editor : Mohammad Najarian Darian
  • Sound Recordist : Hassan Shabankareh
  • Sound Designing : Ensieh Maleki
  • Music Composer : Amir Aslmand

Technical details

  • Film Color (Aspect ratio) : Digital Color (1.33:1)
  • Genres : Drama , Short ,
  • Runtime : 15 Minutes
  • Film Type : LGBTQA+
  • Production Years : 2022
  • Language : Persian
  • country : France

Festivals & Awards

  • ( 2022 ) Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - World Premiere
  • ( 2023 ) Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - National Premiere
  • ( 2023 ) BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival - UK Premiere
  • ( 2023 ) Movies That Matter Film Festival - Netherlands Premiere
  • ( 2023 ) Festival Traversées - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Wicked Queer: Boston's LGBTQ+ Film Festival - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Festival du film de Contis - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Curtas Vila du Conde International Film Festival - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Palm Springs ShortFest - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Manlleu Film Festival 2023 - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) PRIDE PICTURES - Queer Film Festival Karlsruhe - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Traversée Film Festival - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Nashville Film Festival - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Long Beach QFilm Festival - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) San Diego Asian Film Festival - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) SHORTS MÉXICO - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de México - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Linz International Short Film Festival - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Festival Tous Courts - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Split Film Festival - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Festival du Film Court de Saint-Pierre - Official Selection
  • ( 2023 ) Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec - Official Selection

S. Abbas (Farhad) Taheri

BIO

S. Abbas Taheri (Also Known: Farhad Taheri) decided to change his life and study cinema while he was working as a successful Master civil Engineer in oil plants construction. He entered Tehran University of Art by passing National university entrance exam with top grade and automatically received a grant of Iran’s National Elites Foundation. He majored in Cinema with top grade and was selected as the brilliant talent of university

As a filmmaker, Farhad Taheri started his profession from the first year of studying cinema by making short films and that has continued since then. He has made five narrative short films and six documentary short films some of which have been screened and received awards in Iranian and international festivals. The obvious point in his works is an artistic effort to find his individual style on telling local but global stories, expressing his personal ideas about life, existence, and death. Searching for beauty, happiness, and peace among huge amounts of sadness, bitterness, and anxieties is a thread which weaves together his works.

FILMOGRAPHY

  • 2022 , France - Aban
  • 2020 , Iran - Day of Sunsets
  • 2015 , Iran - The Seashell
  • 2014 , Iran - Always Calling You
  • 2013 , Iran - Until Tomorrow

Mahdieh Toosi

BIO

Mahdieh Toosi was born in 1982 in Iran. She graduated from the Sooreh University of Art in Film Directing. She attended the Masterclass of Filmmaking under the supervision of Abbas Kiarostami at the Karnameh Institute.
She is now teaching screenwriting at the Sooreh University of Art and participated as the scriptwriter and script consultant in short film projects.

FILMOGRAPHY

  • 2022 , France - Aban
  • 2015 , Iran - Room 13