Trap

A lonely girl sells necklaces to soldiers who attacked her village, but these necklaces have come from a Trap.

  • Shirin Ekhlasi
    Director
  • Shirin Ekhlasi
    Writer
  • Shirin Ekhlasi
    Producer
  • Pouria Mousavi
    International Sales & Festival Agent
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Action
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 42 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 31, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Country of Filming:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • 36th Tehran International Short Film Festival
    Tehran
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
    November 13, 2018
    World Premiere
    Official Selection (National Section)
Distribution Information
  • The GlobeCSF
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Shirin Ekhlasi

Shirin Eklasi was born in 1998 in Isfahan, in center of Iran. At age 14, she began studying animation. At age 16, she won the Best Short Animation Award from the World Festival of Non-violence and Extremism. At age 18, she got the diploma from the conservatory of Soureh. She is currently studying cinema at Tehran University of art. At age 19, she directed her first short film called "Trap," which is an anti-war short film.

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Director Statement

During the process of making the movie, I made the necklaces used in the film with the real tooth to get closer and understand the main character. To accomplish this, I went through all the steps which the girl is doing in the movie.Polishing the tooth was initially disgusting, but as soon as the first teeth were completed, it became usual practice for me. This is the exact thing that happens to the human violence process. Thousands of photographs and videos of the civilians' slaughter, which are the result of this wildness are published daily, but tremendous violence occurs the moment the human spirit dies. Savagery generates children from its breed out of innocent people who are maltreating worse than what happened for them, and this endless cycle of violence will continue forever