Private Project

HIDDEN

“Laleh” is a girl who risks going to boys’ dormitory persuaded by her lover. She enters boys’ dormitory in the company of a boy called Mojtabah. A dormitory full of rooms occupied by boys and under supervision of security officers…

  • Saeed Rezaei
    Director
    Destination, Hearing.
  • Saeed Rezaei
    Writer
    Destination, Hearing.
  • Saeed Rezaei
    Producer
    Destination, Hearing.
  • Hellen Naghilo
    Key Cast
    "Lale"
  • Mohammad Sadeghi
    Key Cast
    "Mojtabah"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    پنهانی
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    26 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 1, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Country of Filming:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Language:
    Persian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • love film festival
    Barcelona
    Spain
    February 14, 2020
    Europe
    Best actress / Official selection
  • Narrarel Futuro De Cine Bogota
    Bogota
    Cambodia
    November 5, 2019
    South America
    Official selection
  • John abraham
    Kozhikode
    India
    December 25, 2019
    Eest asia
    Official selection
Distribution Information
  • Sorena pictures
    Distributor
    Country: Iran, Islamic Republic of
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Saeed Rezaei

Saeed Rezaei
No 74 - Hatef Avenue, Jomhuri Street, Tehran
Saeedrezaeei66@gmail.com

Education
Master of Cinema (2019)
University of Art, Tehran, Iran

Director of:

Short Fiction Films:
hidden (2018)
Hearing (2017)
Destination (2015 - 2022)

Experimental Films:
The Windy (2021)
The Snowing (2019)

Writer of:
Slip (2010), Echoes of Senses (2011), She Minus Me (2012), Dotted (2012), Etcetera (2013), Whistle of Law (2013), Latest Ballad (2014), Destination (2015 - 2022), Hearing (2017), Him (2017), Sanctum (2018), hidden (2018), and etc.

Producer of:
The Windy (2021)
The Snowing (2019)
Hidden (2018)
Hearing (2017)
Destination (2015 - 2022)

Editor of:
The Windy (2021)
The Snowing (2019)
Hearing (2017)
Destination (2015 - 2022)

Presence of Projects in Festivals
Director/ Writer/ Producer/ Editor
• “Hearing” –Link International Film Festival (2020), London, United Kingdom.
• “Hidden” – Kuala Lumpor International Film Festival in The Sky (2020) 2th, Kuala Lumpor, Malaysia.
• “Hidden” – Love Film Festival (2020) 2th, Barcelona, Spain.
• “Hidden” – John Abraham Film Festival (2019) 1th, Kozhikode, India.
• “Hidden” – MUMBAI International Short Film Festival (2019) 8th, Delhi, India.
• “Hidden” – De Cine Bogota Film Festival (2019) 6th, Bogota, Colombia.
• “Hearing” –Athens Marathon International Film Festival (2020), Athen, Greece.
• “Hearing” – Riverside short Film Festival (April 2020), New Haven, MO, America.
• “Hearing” – Asian Film Festival (2019), Los Angeles, America.
• “Hearing” – Izmir Film Festival (2019) 20th, Izmir, Turkey.
• “Hearing” – Interrobang Film Festival (2019), Des Moines, America.
• “Hearing” – XI International Youth Film Festival (2019), Kazan, Russia.
• “Hearing” – SHORTS Film Festival (2019), Sydney, Australia.
• “Hearing” – KHORSHID Independent Film Festival (2019), Tehran, Iran.
• “Snowing” – KHORSHID Independent Film Festival (2019), Tehran, Iran.
• “Hearing” – AL-NAHJ Film Festival (2019), Karbala, Iraq.
• “Hearing” – Cinemontase (2019), Criticize, Analysis and screening, Indonesia.
• “Hearing” – GRAND OFF Film Festival (2018), Warsaw, Poland.
• “Hearing” – Arvand Film Festival (2018), Abadan, Iran.
• “Hearing” – Ceremony the Picture of the Year Film Festival (2018), Tehran, Iran.
• “A Tone to Hear (Hearing, First Edition)” – Izmir Film Festival (2017), Izmir, Turkey.
• “Awake in Dream (Destination, First Edition)” – ACTION ON FILM Film Festival (2017), Las Vegas, America.

Nominations and Awards
Director/ Writer/ Producer/ Editor
• “Hearing” – Honorable Mention for the Best Sound Design. Athens Marathon International Film Festival (2020), Athena, Greece.
• “Hidden” – Winner of the Best Actress (2020), LOVE Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain.
• “Hearing” – Winner of the Best Short Film (2019), Indiefilm Award, Los Angeles, America.
• “Snowing” (First Edition) – Winner of the Best Film (2019), Independent KHORDHID Film Festival, Tehran, Iran.
• “Hearing” – Winner of the Second Prize for Best Fiction Film (2019), AL-NAHJ Film Festival, Karbala, Iraq.
• “Hearing” – Nominated for the Best Fiction Film. GRAND OFF Film Festival (2018), Warsaw, Poland.
• “Hearing” – Nominated for the Best Directing. GRAND OFF Film Festival (2018), Warsaw, Poland.
• “Hearing” – Nominated for the Best Screenplay. Arvand Film Festival (2018), Abadan, Iran.

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Director Statement

Many causes are born of the imaginations of our fictional minds. The imaginary products that eventually become defective, deficient and limitations of the human mind are intertwined in the process of harvesting different effects from the real world so that the mind can extract the desired meaning from them. It is required that, although many conceptions are based on objective narratives, all of them are subject to human mental powers.
The "Hidden" short film comes from an engaging mind and a situation associated with such limitations. A girl enthralled by a boy's interest enters the boys' dormitory and eventually her room. The inner content of the work points to the out-of-mind availability of another, which is needed to make him more aware of his minds and inferences for his conclusions. But naturally, because of the inaccessibility of the boy's mind and the need for such information, the girl acts as a way of matching her behavior with the contents of the boy's mind. Asks ...
The dormitory space of the University of the Art and the older experiences of the students from what they heard and saw in the student environment made me more curious about the subject of this film. I researched. I became interested and eventually wrote the script. In this film, I attempt to frame, in a classic narrative structure, the use of stylistic elements in presenting the content of the film, which, in a dramatic situation, reveals their personal and hidden mentality.
As the name of the film, "Hidden" refers to the same two things that are subjective and objective to many perceptions. Putting good versus good in a bad situation, if we can each look at their own position and angle.
The timing of this film is well worth the bumps in the experience of directing a short film. Dramatic challenges, utilizing dramatic techniques, attempting to create an off-frame independent narrative based on sound, and ultimately utilizing rhythmic standards relying on stylistic elements.
The "Hidden" script has been written in the direction of producing independent filmmaking with the frameworks associated with broadcasting in more private circles. Finally, given my interest in independent filmmaking, I have released all three of my produced work independently to the production stage.

The link of "Hidden" short film and Saeed Rezaei is as follows:
https://www.instagram.com/hidden_short_film/
https://www.filmfreeway.com/HIDDEN227