Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

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Iran
2017 — 15' / Color

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Synopsis

A 16 year old girl has come to the hospital to identify the body of her mother. The people in charge at the hospital – due to her young age – won’t let her into the morgue and ask her to bring her guardian instead. However the girl insists that most of her family is in jail for criminal activities. Finally after her insistence they agree to let her into the morgue…

Official Trailer

Director Biography

Alireza Ghasemi, born in 1990 Iran, received his bachelor degree from Tehran University of Art in film directing. He is currently a film studies master student at the Cinema and Theater Department of Tehran University of Art. He was the director of the 11th Nahal Student Short Film Festival, and later became a member of the Nahal Academy. In addition to writing and directing several short films, he has founded The Globe International Silent Film Festival in 2015.

Director

Alireza Ghasemi

Producer

Alireza Ghasemi

Cinematographer

Mohammad Hadadi

Editor

Bahram Emrani

Music

Arash Ghasemi

Official Film Website

http://www.fidanfilm.ir/

Contact

Alireza Ghasemi
Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
+9821-227-3125
[email protected]