Short Films Curated by Majid Barzegar (Followed by Q&A)

Date: Mon 9 Mar 2020
Time: 20:35
Iran • 84m • 15 • Persian with English subtitles

A series of short films introduced and curated by Majid Barzegar.

Chelleh

Davood Khayyam • Iran 2017 • 20m

On short leave for the feat of memorizing the Qur’an in 40 days, 40-year-old Yahya attempts to provide for his incapacitated family before he has to return to prison.

Zona

Toofan Nahan Ghodrati • Iran 2018 • 20m

A man is called to court by a woman who claims to be pregnant by him. A subsequent DNA test sheds light on other events in his life.

Cover

Vahid Alvandifar • Iran 2019 • 15m

Ahmad’s friends are delivering his corpse from the morgue to his village for burial when he suddenly comes back to life. What price the exchange of a new life for an old?

Fault Line

Soheil Amirsharifi • Iran 2018 • 15m

Nahal breaks her arm in a school fight. But a man claims her injury is the result of her hitting someone while riding a motorcycle and then fleeing the scene

Manicure

Arman Fayaz • Iran 2018 • 14m

When a young woman who commits suicide is posthumously discovered to be intersex, villagers are in an uproar.

Q&A: In Conversation with Majid Barzegar and Dr Nacim Pak-Shiraz

Majid Barzegar is a critically acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and producer, whose films have been showcased at various international film festivals including Berlinale, San Sebastian, Rotterdam, Sao Paulo, and Thessaloniki among many others.