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LANGUAGE: Persian | SUBTITLES: English
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Running Time: 14 MIN
Year of production: 2020
SYNOPSIS
A few rapist classmates chase after Milad, who wears women's clothes. During a fight, she hits one of them and runs away.
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
Production Company: AGAST FILMS
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions
CAST
Mehrali Ghazvini-Amir
Ahangar-Meysam
Vahhabi-Mahla Eslami
MAIN CREDITS
Director: Saber Mostafapour
Screenwriter: Saber Mostafapour
Producer: Saber Mostafapour
Director of Photography: AmirHossein Ghorbani
Sound: Ali Aslanzadeh
Editing: Elyas Askarpour
Sound Editing: Saber Mostafapour
Music Composer: Mohammad Yousefimanesh
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Genre: Drama
Sub-genre: LGBTQ+
Language: Persian
Country of origin: Iran
Year of production: 2020
Total running time: 14 min
Shooting format: Digital
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Sound format: Stereo
AWARDS
1th The Bordeaux International One minute and Short Film Festival 2020Bordeaux 33000
France
Award Winner
2th Horsetooth International Film Festival 2020Denver, CO 80203
United States
Award Winner
6th London Short Series Festival2020London
United Kingdom
Award Winner
FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
31th Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2020Honolulu, HI
United States
Official Selection
7th Tryon International Film Festival 2020Tryon, North Carolina
United States
Official Selection
22th Thessaloniki International LGBTIQ Film Festival 2020Thessaloniki, Central Makedonia
Greece
Official Selection
11th International queer film festival Merlinka 2020Belgrade, Serbia 11000
Serbia
Official Selection
36th Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival2020Ljubljana
Slovenia
Official Selection
28th EUROSHORTS Young Filmmakers2020Warsaw
Poland
Official Selection
16th Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground 2020Buenos Aires
Argentina
Official Selection
16th Durango Independent Film Festival 2021Durango, CO 81302
United States
Official Selection
7th Beeston Film Festival 2021Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG9 4EX
United Kingdom
Official Selection
9th International Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival 2021Istanbul 34435
Turkey
Official Selection
5th RapidLion - The South African International Film Festival 2021Johannesburg, Gauteng 2196
South Africa
Official Selection
12th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2021Mumbai, Maharashtra 400095
India
Official Selection
7th Queer Film Festival Playa del Carmen 2021Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo
Mexico
November 11, 2021
Official Selection
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