Private Project

NO.9

Hana is an LGBT master painter. she has been rejected from Iranian society because of her sexual orientation. At the age of 9, she showed her interest in a girl for the first time. For this reason, the family also rejected him. Hana is one of the famous painting professors, but because she is LGBT, she is still excluded from society. she is looking for his lost lover among his female students. Hana is ready to do anything to save her lover because of the many tensions she has gone through in her life. Even if it takes her life. After killing her lovers, she paints a picture of them, she always lives with her lovers like a work of art. After many years, she can make a gallery of the paintings of her lovers.

  • ALI SAFARI
    Director
  • ALI SAFARI
    Writer
  • AHMAD HADAVAND
    Producer
  • SAHEL ZAMANPOUR
    Producer
  • RAHA HAJIZEINAL
    Key Cast
    "HANA"
  • NARGES SHAHRJERDI
    Key Cast
    "NARGES"
  • ANAHITA MOUGOUIE
    LINE PRODUCER
  • HANIF PARANDEH
    DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
  • FARZAD HEDAYAT
    SET DESIGNER
  • ALI SAFARI
    COSTUME DESIGNER
  • EHSAN AFSHARIAN
    SOUND DESIGNER
  • AVESTA ZADSAR
    SOUND RECORDIST
  • HAMID DEHHAGHI
    FIRST DIRECTOR ASSISTANT
  • SANA NASERI
    SECOND DIRECTOR ASSISTANT
  • HANIF PARANDEH
    EDITOR
  • HANIF PARANDEH
    COMPERESSOR
  • HANIF PARANDEH
    COLOR GRADING
  • TARANEH DAMSAZ
    SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
  • FARID ZANGI
    STAGE HEAD
  • BARDIA GHADERIAN
    STAGE MANAGER
  • SOLEYMAN GHAVIPANJEH
    GRAPHIC DESIGNER
  • REZA JAVIDI
    STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
  • ARDALAN ASHNAGAR
    STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
  • FIROOZEH PARCHAMI
    MAKE UP ARTIST
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    DRAMA
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 59 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 2, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 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:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - ALI SAFARI

Ali Safari was born in January 1987 in Iran. He started writing plays at the age of 22. Works such as Auschwitz Women, Square, Holodomor, Invasion, Chronos, Joystick, Prize, Berlin at 10:10, Kebab, and The Last Battle are among his plays that have been performed.
Six of her plays have been published in Iran, and the play Auschwitz by Women has been published in two languages, English and Ukrainian.
Natural Selection, Circus, Operating System, and Artificial Respiration are some of the screenplays written by Ali Safari.
In September 2021, she staged two plays, Holodomor and Auschwitz, by women in Kyiv, Ukraine, and at the Lviv Theater Festival in Ukraine. He won the Special Jury Prize.

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Director Statement

When I look at my own society and country, I realize very well that being in the minority is considered a weakness. I had a friend who was short. He had so much difficulty in building relationships with people and finding a job that he chose to emigrate from Iran. I had another friend who was interested in men. He immigrated to Germany because of his sexual orientation. Minorities are always under pressure here. Unfortunately, in the streets of my city, blind and disabled people are not seen because there is no possibility of a fair life for them. Most people who are minorities live in isolation. Sexual, religious, and ideological minorities do not have the same facilities as other people. This is the reason why they are either forced to leave their homeland or suffer from depression and mental illnesses in isolation. Number 9 is a look at the life of a woman who is interested in women. An LGBT woman who is looking for love but is rejected not only by society but also by her family. Although she is a skilled painter, she cannot be in the artistic community because she is an LGBT person. I want this film to open a new window for the society. I hope that the audience of this movie will change their attitude towards all minorities after watching it. I made this film in order to witness correct, respectful, and fair treatment of all minorities, including sexual minorities, in Iranian society from now on. I believe that these people should not be called minorities. They are members of our society and our fellow citizens. They have the right to fall in love, express their love, and continue their normal life. My wish is that no Iranian will be forced to leave his country because of his different thoughts and tendencies.