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    Directed by Sonia K. Hadad
    Iran | 15 minutes |

A teenage girl involves in the process of delivering a pack of cocaine to its client, and she got stuck in a weird cycle of occurrences.

In competition for the Young Cineastes Award

film synopsis

film details

Director: Sonia K. Hadad
Producers: Pouria Heidary Oureh
Screenwriter: Sonia K. Hadad, Farnoosh Samadi
Cinematographers: Alireza Barazandeh
Editor: Ehsan Vaseghi
Cast: Sadaf Asgari, Hadis Miramini, Masih Kazemi, Elaheh Afshari
Country: Iran
Language: In Farsi with English subtitles.
Year: 2019
Running Time: 15 minutes
Awards: Grand Jury Prize for Live Action Short, AFI Fest; Short Film Special Jury Award for Acting, Sundance Film Festival; Golden Star, El Gouna Film Festival; Best Short Film, Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films; Best Screenplay, National Competition, Tehran Short Film Festival
Primary Company: Square Eyes
Contact Email: info@squareeyesfilm.com
Website: https://squareeyesfilm.com/

director biography

Sonia K. Hadad is an Iranian writer and director. She studied Film and Media Arts (M.F.A) at Emerson College in Boston. She was born in 1989, in Tehran, and was primarily educated in her native country. She holds diplomas in Physics/ Mathematics and graphic design. In 2005 Sonia started her professional theatre acting career and has played in theatres, public performances, telefilms, and TV shows. In 2009 she completed her B.A in dramatic literature from Azad University of Art and Architecture. While pursuing her bachelor’s degree she participated in different professional Filmmaking, Acting, Installation, and editing workshops. Writing short stories for magazines and acting led her to her main interests: Film and Installation Art. Sonia moved to the U.S. in 2013 to continue her education, and she began making short films. In her most recent works, Sonia makes an effort to explore people’s inner lives, women’s social and personal issues, shame, and struggles with their deepest fears through different art forms and media.

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