Project Description
Nahid
State Premiere | 2015
Ida Panahandeh was born in Tehran in 1979. She has an MFA in Directing, and a BFA in Film Photography. To date she has made many short films, TV movies and was awarded in different national TV festivals. She was a participate of Berlinale Talent Campus in 2009 with her short film “Cockscomb Flower”. As a female filmmaker, she has always been interested in women’s issues and has tried her best in improving the cultural views on women by making documentaries, the effort which is also reflected in her first feature film, “Nahid”.
Synopsis
A young divorcee living with her son in a small northern city of Iran, wants to marry the man she has fallen in love with. According to the current rules, the father has the custody of children; however, her ex-husband has granted her that right on the condition that she doesn’t remarry. Struggling to keep both of her beloved ones, she has to think about the third option: Temporary Marriage (Sighe). However, this will get her into a predicament, as despite its being legal, Sighe is not well-received by the society at all. Would temporary marriage be a good solution for her?
Presenting Partner
Festivals
- Winner of Un Certain Regard special jury prize for debut films at Cannes Film Festival
Production Team
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Director
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Ida Panahandeh
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Country
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Iran
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Runtime
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105 min
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Language
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Persian with English Subtitles
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Premiere Status
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Classification
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18+
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Year
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2015
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Screenwriter
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Ida Panahandeh, Arsalan Amiri
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Producer
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Bijan Emkanian
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Cinematographer
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Morteza Gheidi
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Editor
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Arsalan Amiri
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Cast
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Sareh Bayat, Pejman Bazeghi, Navid Mohammad Zadeh, Milad Hossein Pour, Pouria Rahimi, Nasrin Babaei
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