A Few Cubic Meters of Love

Directed by Jamshid Mahmoudi
Iran, Afghanistan | 2014 | 90 min | Unclassified 15+
Language: Persian & Dari (English Subtitles)
SYNOPSIS

Somewhere in the outskirts of Tehran a small factory illegally employs Afghan asylum seekers, who live with their families in old containers or modest shacks in nearby shanty towns. Saber, a young Iranian worker, secretly meets Marona, daughter of Abdolsalam, an Afghan worker. A love story unfolds, the conclusion of which no-one can foretell.

FESTIVALS

Winner of: GOLDEN CAMEL For Best Director – 7th Jaipur IFF
Winner of BEST Cinematography Award – 7th Jaipur IFF
Winner of Best Outstanding International Feature ReelWorld IFF
19th Busan International Film Festival
50th Chicago International Film Festival
26th Palm Springs International Film Festival
22nd Prague International Film Festival
58th San Francisco International Film Festival
41st Seattle International Film Festival

A Few Cubic Meters of Love

Directed by Jamshid Mahmoudi
Iran, Afghanistan | 2014 | 90 min | Unclassified 15+
Language: Persian & Dari (English Subtitles)
SYNOPSIS

Somewhere in the outskirts of Tehran a small factory illegally employs Afghan asylum seekers, who live with their families in old containers or modest shacks in nearby shanty towns. Saber, a young Iranian worker, secretly meets Marona, daughter of Abdolsalam, an Afghan worker. A love story unfolds, the conclusion of which no-one can foretell.

FESTIVALS

Winner of: GOLDEN CAMEL For Best Director – 7th Jaipur IFF
Winner of BEST Cinematography Award – 7th Jaipur IFF
Winner of Best Outstanding International Feature ReelWorld IFF
19th Busan International Film Festival
50th Chicago International Film Festival
26th Palm Springs International Film Festival
22nd Prague International Film Festival
58th San Francisco International Film Festival
41st Seattle International Film Festival

CREDITS

Director: Jamshid Mahmoudi
Screenplay: Jamshid Mahmoudi
Director of Photography: Morteza Ghafouri
Editing: Sepideh Abdolvahab
Original Music: Sahand Mehdizadeh
Sound Recorder: Mehdi Saleh-Kermani
Sound Mixer: Amir Hossein Ghasemi
Set Designer: Abtin Barghi
Costume Designer: Abtin Barghi
Visual Effects: Majid Yousefzadeh
Make-Up: Navid Farah-Marzi
Stills Photographer: Fattah Zinouri

CAST

Saed Soheili
Hassiba Ebrahimi
Nader Fallah
Alireza Ostadi
Masoud Mirtaheri

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