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Completed - FARSI - Female director, Second film, Comedy - 79 minutes

Log Line

Any which way you lose…




Previous markets

  • Cannes 2022 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2023 (Line up)
  • Karlovy Vary 2023 (Debut)
  • Berlin EFM 2024 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2022

Director(s) : Faeze AZIZKHANI
 Writer(s) : Faeze AZIZKHANI
 Cast : Hanieh TAVASSOLI, Pegah AHANGARANI, Ali MOSAFFA, Pedram SHARIFI, Ramin SADIGHI, Shirin AGHAREZAKASHI, Ahmad AZIZKHANI

 Producer(s) : Manijeh HEKMAT (BAMDAD FILM), Mahshid AHANGARANI FARAHANI (Bamdad Film)

Synopsis

Hanieh is a 40 year old woman who has written a film script based on her own life. Now she is faced with the judgment of the others who call her “bastard”…

Production

Country(ies) : IRAN, GERMANY

Festivals and Awards

Fajr International Film Festival 2021 Market Screening
SXSW 2022 (Global Cinema)
Edinburgh 2022 (Postcards from the Edge)
Split 2022 (Competition)
Vancouver IFF 2022 (Vanguard Competition)
Sao Paulo IFF 2022 (New Directors Competition)
Karlovy Vary IFF 2023


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