Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: Persian | SUBTITLES: English, French, Spanish

Genre: Drama, LGBTQ
Running Time: 17min
Year of production: 2022

SYNOPSIS

The nine year-old effeminate boy, Shahrokh, humiliated and pushed away by his family and friends makes up his mind to adjust himself to his new identity and comes out to the people of his village. Having been through a variety of ordeal, Shahrokh, dressed in girl’s clothes, shows up in the class before his classmates.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Dark Room
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Moeid Asoudeh
Mansour Nasiri
Fatemeh Moradi

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Mehrdad Hasani
Screenwriter: Farzad Ahmadi
Producer: Hassan Mohammadi
Director of Photography: Pooyan Aghababaei
Sound: Saman Shahamat
Editing: Majid Taremi
Sound Editing: Hossein Ghourchian
Music Composer: None

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Drama
Sub-genre: LGBTQ , Youth & Children
Language: Persian
Country of origin: Iran
Year of production: 2022
Total running time: 17:09
Shooting format: Digital, DCP
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Sound format: Stereo, 5:1

AWARDS

Grand Prix Winner at Busan International Short Film Festival (Oscar Qualified)
WINNER - 39th Chicago International Children's Film Festival 2022

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

Official Selection at 30th RainDance Film Festival (Oscar Qualified)
Official Selection at InterFilm Berlin (Oscar Qualified)
Official Selection at Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (Oscar Qualified)
Screening at Vienna Shorts (Oscar Qualified)
Official Selection at 42nd FIN Atlantic International Film Festival
Official Selection at KinoFilm Manchester
Official Selection at aGLIFF/PRISM Film Festival
Official Selection at Sedicicorto Forli Film Festival
Official Selection at 27th Seattle Queer Film Festival
Official Selection at 33rd Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival
Official Selection at Cinekid
Official Selection at Ankara International Film Festival
Official Selection at 15th luststreifen Film Festival
Official Selection at Festival du film LGBTQI de Paris Chéries-Chéris
Official Selection at Film Front 2022
Official Selection at MixBrasil Festival de Cultura da Diversidade
Official Selection at IMAGE+NATION: FESTIVAL FILM LGBTQUEER MONTREAL
Official Selection at LGBTQ Marseille film festival
Official Selection at Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Barcelona
Official Selection at Providence Children’s International film festival