Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

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Keys of Heaven

Paratiisin Avaimet

Finland
2014 — 28' / Color

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Synopsis

Iran, 1984. Homeless brothers Majid (15) and Adel (12) try to survive their daily lives in a war-torn country. They attend school and work in their spare time, but life gets harder day by day.

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Director Biography

Hamy Ramezan, born in 1979, is a Finnish-Iranian film director and scriptwriter. He has studied film in England, graduating in 2007. His short film Over the Fence (Viikko ennen vappua, 2009) was a worldwide festival hit having screened at more than 40 international festivals and garnered eight prizes, including Best Live Action Short at Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival, Best Fiction at Curtocircuito Santiago de Compostela and Special Mention at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival. Keys of Heaven (Paratiisin avaimet) is the top short film project in Finland this yea

Director

Hamy Ramezan

Producer

Cilla Werning

Cinematographer

Arsen Sarkisiants

Editor

Hanna Kuirinlahti

Sound

Toni Teivaala

Contact

For Real Productions Oy
Cilla Werning
Työpajankatu 10 A
00580 Helsinki, Finland
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