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A piece of life

An Iraqi Kurdish couple with their child and a Syrian Arab couple with their child, who are the only survivors of the boat of war migrants, venture into the sea to escape the fire of war and save the lives of their children in order to find a shelter, aboard the smugglers' ship with an unknown destination.

  • iraj abbasi
    Director
  • iraj abbasi
    Writer
  • iraj abbasi
    Producer
  • nahid khedraei
    Producer
  • ronak ghasemi
    Key Cast
    "wife soran"
  • soran ebrahim
    Key Cast
    "soran"
  • farid eshaghi
    Key Cast
    "Smuggler"
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 44 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 10, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Iran
  • Country of Filming:
    Iran
  • Language:
    Arabic, Kurdish, Turkish
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - - Master's degree in Electronics, Islamic Azad University
  • DAREDEVIL
    New york
    September 6, 2025
    Received the award for Best Actor
  • Kobani Festival
    Bochum
    September 7, 2024
    Nominated for Best Feature Short film
  • Marano Ragazzi Spot
    Naples
    Italy
    October 25, 2024
    Official selection
  • Infinite Sky
    Nomad
    September 20, 2024
    Main section
  • Djarfogo

    November 7, 2024
    Official selection
  • SDGs Short Film Challenge

    Nigeria
    November 19, 2025
    Official selection
  • ECOCINE
    Bell of Para
    Brazil
    November 25, 2025
    Official selection
  • Duhok International Kurdish Film Festival
    Duhuk
    Iraq
    December 11, 2024
    Panorama section
  • Ecologico Film Festival
    Lecce
    Italy
    November 14, 2025
    official selection
  • Egyptian American Film Festival
    New york
    United States
    October 31, 2025
    official selection
  • Bridge of Peace
    Paris
    France
    November 8, 2025
    Honorable Mention
  • Benin City Film Festival
    Benin
    Nigeria
    November 27, 2025
    Semi-Finalist
  • World Culture Festival Karachi
    Karachi
    Pakistan
    November 15, 2025
    Semi-Finalist
  • mugla zeytin cicegi
    Mugla
    Turkey
    December 9, 2025
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
Director Biography - iraj abbasi

Iraj Abbasi is an Iranian Kurdish filmmaker living in Khuzestan. He has made more than seven short fiction and documentary films and has been nominated for awards at domestic and foreign festivals. Last year, he was selected as the best screenwriter at the Iranian Cinema Festival in Khuzestan Province and this year, he was selected as the best director at the third Iranian Cinema Festival in Khuzestan Province. Among his most important works are the short film: "A Piece of Life", which has had 15 international appearances so far and has been nominated once for the best film at the Kobane Festival in Germany and once won the Best Actor Award at the Daredevil Festival in New York, as well as the film "Crazy People Don't Cry" and the documentary film: The Voice is Around. He is currently in the pre-production stage of his new short film.

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