There’s crushing bereavement and unwanted pregnancy, marital gaslighting and the pressures of childhood, a desperate man drawn into a dangerous occupation, and a method actress out of her depth, in the first of our selections from Iran.
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ONE NIGHT (UK Premiere)
Dir / Wri / Prod: Ayda Alimadadi
Iran, 9 min, Cert: PG (FFF Rating)
Overwhelmed by grief and painful memories, a middle-aged widow is led to an act of fierce melancholy.
CLEANER
Dir / Wri: Mohammadreza Mayghani
Iran, 2019, 11 min 38 sec, Cert: PG
A cleaner at a cinema multiplex goes about her daily routine while worrying about the results of her pregnancy test.
SHOWAN (European Premiere)
Dir / Wri / Prod: Bijan Zarin, Prod: Hassan Shams
Iran, 2019, 13 mins 10 sec, Cert: PG
Showan lives in a village in Kurdistan on the border between Iran and Iraq. Fired from his factory job, he falls in with a gang of smugglers.
SAM’AK – HEARING AID
Dir / Wri: Hamid Yousefi, Prod: Majid Barzegar
Iran, 2019, 17 min 08 sec, Cert: PG
A couple finds their relationship put under sudden strain after an an intruder breaks into their building.
I’M NOT AN ACTRESS
Dir / Wri: Ali Jalali, Prod: Abbas Ghasemi
Iran, 2019, 19 min 39 sec, Cert: 15
An actress goes to extreme lengths to prepare for her latest film role as a drug addict.
SEROK (World Premiere)
Dir / Wri / Prod: Zhivar Farajzadeh
Iran, 2018, 5 min, Cert: PG
Serok is a young boy who helps his father in the summer, by tending to the family’s flock of sheep.
AZADEH
Dir / Wri / Prod: Mirabbas Khosravinezhad
Iran, 2019, 9 min 30 sec, Cert: PG
Azadeh lives in an isolated village with her family. She wants to visit her father in hospital, but her mother and brother won’t allow it…
95 min 53 sec.
