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A 16-year-old girl has come to the hospital to identify the body of her mother. The people in charge at the hospital – due to her young age – won’t let her into the morgue and ask her to bring her guardian instead. However, the girl insists that most of her family is in jail for criminal activities. Finally, after her insistence, they agree to let her into the morgue...

  • Alireza Ghasemi
    Director
  • Alireza Ghasemi
    Writer
  • Alireza Ghasemi
    Producer
  • The GlobeCSF (Community of Silent Filmmakers)
    Producer
  • Khorshid Cheraghipour
    Key Cast
  • Roya Bakhtiari
    Key Cast
  • Siavash Cheraghipour
    Key Cast
  • Peiman Naeimi
    Key Cast
  • Mohammad Hadadi
    DOP
    Starless Dreams
  • Bahram Emrani
    Editor
  • Pouria Mousavi
    International Sales & Festival Agent
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 52 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 5, 2017
  • Country of Origin:
    Iran
  • Country of Filming:
    Iran
  • Language:
    Persian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • 70th Cannes Film Festival
    Cannes
    France
    May 27, 2018
    World Premiere
    Court Metrage Official Selection
  • Brussels Short Film Festival
    Brussels
    Belgium
    Official Selection
  • Student International Film Festival (STIFF)
    Rejika
    Croatia
    Best Fiction Film
  • The Flamingo Film Festival
    Florida
    United States
    Best Cinematography
  • Xponorth Film Festival

    United Kingdom
    Official Selection
  • The Palm Springs International ShortFest
    Palm Springs, California
    United States
    June 24, 2017
    North American premiere
    Official Selection
  • The Snake Alley Festival of Film
    Burlington, IA
    United States
    June 23, 2018
    Best Student Short
  • Interrobang Film Festival
    Des Moines, Iowa
    United States
    June 24, 2018
    Best Fiction
  • Frapa

    Brazil
    July 4, 2018
    Best Screenplay,Best Title,Best Scene
  • Guanajuato International Film Festival

    Mexico
    July 27, 2017
    Official Selection
  • HollyShorts Film Festival
    Sherman Oaks, California
    United States
    August 16, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
    Newport, RI
    United States
    August 12, 2017
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • The GlobeCSF
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
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    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: Internet
Director Biography - Alireza Ghasemi

Alireza Ghasemi, born in 1990 Iran, received his bachelor degree from Tehran University of Art in film directing. He is currently a film studies master student at the Cinema and Theater Department of Tehran University of Art. He was the director of the 11th Nahal Student Short Film Festival, and later became a member of the Nahal Academy. In addition to writing and directing several short films, he has founded The Globe International Silent Film Festival in 2015.

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Director Statement

A dream was the reason for making this movie, which I dreamed of a girl, all in white, heading to a house, also white, to visit her mother. I started writing immediately, but the current affairs of my country turned this dream into a nightmare. The struggles of a teenager girl to identify her deceased mother, while the officials try to stop her; her visit has other intentions...
the complete breakdown of a family.