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The Scar

In a dystopian Future
In the aftermath of a devastating pandemic,
AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) has taken over human civilization and rules over the world as a totalitarian regime. In such a Post_Apocalyptic world, humans have to provide food for each other, using a hierarchical system of food delivery.
A delivery worker, who is not infected yet, has been trapped in this weird reality.

  • Moein Rezaei Rad
    Director
  • Moein Rezaei Rad
    Writer
  • Ramin Soltani
    Producer
  • Moein Rezaei Rad
    Producer
  • Paliz Khoshdel
    Producer
  • Porsaan
    Key Cast
  • Meysa
    Key Cast
  • Danial khojasteh
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 19 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 8, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    40,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Country of Filming:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Moein Rezaei Rad

Moein Rezaei Rad, also known as "Moein R. Rad"
is an Iranian Music Producer, Composer and Filmmaker.
Born in Rasht, Iran (1986).
He took his one year course certification of Filmmaking from Iranian Youth Cinema Society in
his teens and graduated with high grades.
He studied filmmaking at the University of Applied Science (Art & Culture) at Tehran.
Ending his undergraduate degree was at the same time as his collaborating in the capacity of
composer and live performer with a prominent Iranian playwright and theater director, Mohammad
Rezaei Rad for his adaptation of John Webster's masterpiece "The Duchess of Malfi"
He was awarded the Best Original Soundtrack of the Year from the Annual Iranian Theater
House Ceremony for "Based on the Duchess of Malfi" in 2017.
He also composed several soundtracks for short films and other stage performances during
2017 to 2020 and directed music videos and live sessions for some indie music bands and also a
female singer in his hometown between 2013 and 2021.
He is a self-taught guitar player and composer with a background as a songwriter and lead
guitarist in the Iranian underground music scene during 2006 to 2013 including collaborations
with bands such as Moonhead band, Prime’ band and Caspian Blues & Jazz Ensemble.
His film projects include two short films (Is There Anybody Here? 2009) and (And Days Go by...
2010), both accepted in Tehran International Short Film Festival competition and Image of the
Year Festival in the same year.
He also directed a documentary (Moonhead from the Basement) in 2012.
"The Scar" is his debut feature film completed in 2024 (except Surround sound) which is
written, directed and produced by him.

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Director Statement

Cinema as art is not separate from cinema as life. Cinema as a medium and the
experience of making a film from an abstract idea to a tangible form are part of
the greater context of human creativity. It’s an aspect of the nature of human
beings as sentient, sapient beings in the universe, which is beset by adversity on
all sides, especially in our current condition.
Totalitarianism, the fear of the untapped potential of Artificial Intelligence, the
destruction and degradation of the environment, all seem like existential threats. The
dangers, known and yet unknown, that involve us all.

However, they are all man made. From the most ancient tyrannical monarchy to
the most modern dictatorship, they were designed by us ourselves. The future AI
that may not uphold the "Three Laws of Robotics" are man made too. The same
goes for climate change and the collapse of established social contracts in this
post truth world of ours. They are not very different from cinema in the larger
picture. They are also tangible results of human creativity in a twisted, corrupted
way. Are our collective mistakes in the past, present and future the sum of our
human collective condition? Are human agency and nature doomed by ignorance
and misinformation?
The Scar is an attempt to express these questions. It’s a bleak glimpse of a
possible future that is based on the author’s lived experience: The degradation of
humanity and environment in a dictatorship, rejection of basic human rights,
infringements on privacy… In short, we can call it the total and utter antithesis of
life.
The Scar also attempts to answer. Using the medium of cinema to channel the
twisted corruption resulted from our follies, to turn it into something else.
A sublimation which is in itself part of the answer.