ENGAR MADARAM GERISTE BUD AAN SHAB

As if Mother Cried That Night

2023 19 min. Germany Hoda Taheri

Official Short Films Section

Director
Hoda Taheri

Screenplay
Magdalena Jacob, Boris Hadžija, Hoda Taheri

Cinematography
Lena Thiemann

Editing
Boris Hadžija

Music
Hoda Taheri

Sound
Vanessa Heeger

Producer
Julia Gostynski

Production
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB) [DE]

Cast
Hadi Khanjanpour, Hoda Taheri, Benjamin Kühni, Kirsten Burger, Björn-Ole Blunck

Synopsis
Sirvan and Hoda are an Iranian couple living in a refugee camp in Berlin. Their request for a residence permit was rejected, meaning their last chance to obtain one will involve a German citizen. Will they overcome the challenges of a highly questionable bureaucracy, or will it swallow them?

Format
DCP, Color

World Sales-Distribution
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)

Filmography
Hoda Taheri
IRAN (1992)

FILMOGRAPHY:
2023 ENGAR MADARAM GERISTE BUD AAN SHAB / AS IF MOTHER CRIED THAT NIGHT [short]
2022 MADAR TAMAME ROOZ DOA MIKHANAD / MOTHER PRAYS ALL DAY LONG [short]

Festivals
Locarno, Winterthur

Notes
Spanish Premiere

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