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The Victim

Under the shadow of the modern life in big cities, there are thousands of victims hidden from people's eyes. There women who live and die with no identity and without having legal rights.
This time, a prostitute struggling with darkness in last minutes of her life.

  • Rassam Feali
    Director
  • Rassam Feali
    Writer
  • Simin Azarmehr
    Producer
  • Shahrzad Borjian
    Key Cast
  • Farzam Feali
    Edit
  • Hootan Mokhtarian
    Original Score
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Drama (Human Rights)
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 48 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 28, 2016
  • Country of Filming:
    Malaysia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 2017 Nice International Filmmaker
    Nice
    France
    May 15, 2017
    Best Editing of a Foreign Language Film
  • Vasteras International Film 2017
    Vasteras
    Sweden
    September 22, 2017
  • Southern States Indie FanFilmFest (2017)
    Biloxi, Mississippi
    United States
    January 2, 2018
    North America
    Best Cinematography in a Foreign Language Short, Best Lead Actress in a Foreign Language Short
  • LONDON INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE COMPETITION LICC 2017
    London
    United Kingdom
    July 18, 2018
    HONORABLE MENTION
Director Biography - Rassam Feali

Rassam Feali is an Iranian filmmaker and writer. He was born in Tehran and graduated from Art school in the field of Dramatic Arts. He later started to study film-making in college but he dropped it because of the limitation caused by the radical government and society. So, he moved to Malaysia and started to work as a freelance and independent photographer and filmmaker. In 2016, he was awarded as the nominee for the best abstract photography series by Fine Art Photography Awards, London. He is well-known for his short films "The Salvation" and "The Victim".

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Director Statement

Making this film wasn't easy. We shoot this film in a long take (sequence-shot) and the length of film is 7 minutes. It was hard in terms of both acting & technical part. We trained our actress for almost two month.