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2020 shortfestArchive

  • The Manchador

    Directed by Kaveh Tehrani
    Norway/Iran/Germany | 20 minutes |

2020 ShortFest Archive

Mina and Saeed live a stressful life in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Being a woman in Iran is not particularly easy and Mina sees a future for the family elsewhere. She wants to move abroad, but Saeed then invents a device that places the responsibility for the hijab where it belongs – with the men whose gaze women need protection from.

In competition for Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes

film synopsis

film details

Director: Kaveh Tehrani
Producers: Verona Meier, Ruben Thorkildsen
Screenwriter: Kaveh Tehrani
Cinematographers: Adam Wallensten
Editor: Kristoffer Archetti
Music: Reza Brojerdi, Narges Rashidi, Sarina Ashkpour, Jasmin Tabatabai, Mohammad-Ali Behboudi, Arash Marandi
Cast: Reza Brojerdi, Narges Rashidi, Sarina Ashkpour, Jasmin Tabatabai, Mohammad-Ali Behboudi
Original Language Title: مردچادر
Country: Norway/Iran/Germany
Language: In Farsi with English subtitles.
Year: 2019
Running Time: 20 minutes
Awards: Youth Jury Award, Aspen Shortsfest; Audience Award, Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad; Best European Independent Film, The European Independent Film Festival
Primary Company: Ape&Bjørn
Website: https://www.apeogbjorn.no/

director biography

Kaveh Tehrani (b. 1978 in Tehran, Iran) is a Norwegian-Iranian filmmaker. He holds a bachelor degree in film and literature studies from the University of Oslo, along with a degree from the European Film College in Ebeltoft, Denmark. Tehrani has written and directed the short films 1994 (2010), Victor (2014) and The Manchador (2019). He has won several awards at various international film festivals, and his films have also screened on BBC Persian and Norwegian National Television (NRK). For 1994 Tehrani won the National Film Award Amanda for best short film.

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2020 ShortFest Archive