Private Project

Soft Voice

Someone alone in a house in the middle of the forest...
A man or a woman... We do not know.
People keep coming to the door, but it does not get open...
Until finding a new voice... a soft voice...

A transgender (male to female) leaves his life in the city and locks himself in a house in the middle of the woods willing to be alone trying to find her new voice and life. Different people come to her door with different agendas: an ex-girlfriend, a rag man, another transgender (female to male), a post man... finally she comes to peace with her total being and with a new voice, a soft voice goes back to life and people.

  • Afshin Hashemi
    Director
  • Mohammad Rezaee-raad
    Writer
  • Afshin Hashemi
    Producer
  • Minerva Scelza
    Key Cast
  • Georgia warner
    Key Cast
  • Joe Pallister
    Key Cast
  • And KATE MUETH
    Key Cast
  • with ASHKAN KHATIBI
    Key Cast
  • Martin Shamounpour
    Key Cast
  • Cris Brady
    Key Cast
  • Jake Jeon
    Key Cast
  • Borna Jafari
    Dierctor of Photography
  • Bahman Ardalan
    Sound Design
  • Afshin Hashemi
    Editors
  • Saied
    Sound Editor
    Bojnordi
  • Skylar Day Kelleher
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour
  • Completion Date:
    July 22, 2015
  • Country of Origin:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Global Independent Film Awards competition
    USA
    4 GOLD, 2 SILVER, 2 BRONZE BEST FEATURE FILM: GOLD MEDAL: Afshin Hashemi, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: GOLD MEDAL: Borna Jafari, BEST VFX: GOLD MEDAL: Meysam Hoseini, AVANT-GARDE FILM AWARD: GOLD MEDAL: Afshin Hashemi, BEST SUPP. ACTRESS: SILVER MEDAL: Kate Mueth as Strongman, BEST GLBTQ FILM: SILVER MEDAL: Afshin Hashemi BEST SUPP. ACTOR: BRONZE MEDAL: Joe Pallister as Ragman, BEST SUPP. ACTRESS: BRONZE MEDAL: Georgia Warner as Girl
  • Qfest LGBT Film Festival
    QSpot LGBT Community Center 66. S Main Street, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756
    March 17, 2016
  • Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival
    Palatine, Illinois 60067
    United States
    July 27, 2016
    Midwest
  • Pembroke Taparelli Arts and Film Festival (PTAFF)
    Los Angeles
    United States
    November 4, 2016
  • Hoboken International Film Festival
    New York
    United States
  • Imperfectu Film Festival
    Tijuana
    Mexico
  • Oklahoma LGBT Film Festival
    McAlester
    United States
    July 26, 2017
Director Biography - Afshin Hashemi

Temporary License - 2016 (Director)
Soft Voice - 2015 (Director)
Don't Be Tired - 2013 (Director - with Mohsen Gharaie – Prized as the best film in audiences judgment
in London Film Festival / Best directing in Motion Picture Alliance of Iranian Cinema / Best film in Motion Picture Alliance of Iranian Cinema)
The Laboratory - 2012 (Leading Actor)
Without Farewell - 2011 (Supporting Actor - Prized as the Best Supporting role in Fajr International Film Festival)
The Child and The angel - 2008 (Supporting Actor - Nominated as the Best Supporting role in Fajr International Film Festival)
Barefoot in the Paradise - 2005 (Supporting Actor - Prized as the Best Supporting role in Fajr International Film Festival)
So Close So FAr - 2004 (Supporting Actor - Nominated as the Best Supporting role in Khaneh Cinema Festival)

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Director Statement

I made this film based on a great play by Mohammad Rezaierad which has a poetic view about Transgender; not scientific, not realistic; and It is full of literally quotes and strange situations.
This film is an independent film from USA with Iranian taste: a poetic Iranian view about an issue which is global.