Blind Owl Wedding Hall

Australian Premiere | 2013

Director's Biography
Director's Biography
Farshid Akhlaghipour was born in 1981, Tehran, Iran. He started his career with a short film “Tanha Yadegar” when he was only fifteen years old, 1996. He took part as the youngest director in the 12th International Children and Youth Film Festival Kerman, Iran, 1996. Since 1998, he has edited over 20 short films. He graduated M.A. of Dramatic Arts in 2005. He taught Film Editing in I.Y.C.S, from 2005 to 2010. “For Sale” is another short film, which was directed and shot on location in France, 2011. He directed “Station 44” the first film in Iran which used Choromakey technique. His short films have been screened in a variety of national and international festivals. He won Best Short Film for “Blind Owl Wedding Hall” in the most prestigious Iranian Film Festival – Fajr Film Festival award.

Synopsis

Synopsis: Say it before you are changed… maybe to an owl. A young boy & girl become friends, but can’t continue their relationship, because….

Screening with It’s Dream.

Festivals

  • 2012: Best Short Film Award, Soureh University Short Film Festival , Tehran, Iran
  • 2011: Best Experimental Film Award , 6th International Student Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
  • 2010: Best Short Film Award, 28th Fajr International Short Film Festival , Tehran, Iran
  • 2010: Diploma for Best Experimental Short Film Award, 25th Tehran International Short Film Festival, Tehran, Iran

Production Team

Director
Farshid Akhlaghipour
Country
Iran
Runtime 
13 min
Language
Persian with English Subtitles
Premiere Status 
Classification 
18+
Year
2010
Screenwriter 
Producer
Farshid Akhlaghipour
Cinematographer 
Editor
Cast
Mohsen Rastegar, Hedie Ranjbar, Leili Rashidi, Davood Asadi & Asal Farahani

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