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Synopsis
Ava is a depressed Iranian Girl. She goes to psychologist for treatment. She sees past political incident in Iran as the cause of her depression.
The psychologist advise her to do some labor work like cleaning the staircases and even asks her to work on a play. However, her play, which is inspired by the reality and the problem in
her society, gets banned.
Suddenly people get their hopes together and come out to street and decide to participate in the election to vote against the current president. But Ava still doesn’t believe change will
come. She goes out and starts to talk to people in street trying to regain her hopes back....
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Titles:
Director & Scriptwriter: Hana Makhmalbaf
Cinematographer: Mohammad Yazdi
Soundman: Shahab
Editor: Babak Karimi
Music: Azad Aslani , Arman Aslani
Production assistant: Ali , Mehdi
Translator: Parandis
Casts:
Ava
Nazanin
Niloufar
Rezvaneh
Marziyeh
Maryam
Asghar
Behjat
With special thanks to:
Fereydoun
Hamid
Mastaneh
Hamila
Behrang
Alireza
Shohreh
Mougi
Production: Wild Bunch
Makhmalbaf Film House
Running time: 72 minutes
Colour
Iran
© 2009
International Sales: Wild Bunch (France)
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Festivals:
1) Official section Venice International Film Festival, Italy 2009
2) Toronto International Film Festival, Canada 2009
3) San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain 2009
4) Nuremberg International Film Festival, Germany 2009
5) Lisbon International Film Festival, Portugal 2009
6) Copenhagen International Film Festival, Denmark 2009
7) Tuebingen International Film Festival, Germany 2009
8) Tokyo Filmex International Film Festival, Japan 2009
International Awards:
1- " The bravery Prize" From the 66th Venice International Film Festival, Italy, 2009
2- Green days: "Human Right Award" for courageous commitment in defending of human rights of women from Terre des Femmes ( Tuebingen) film festival, Germany, 2009 ( Hana Makhmalbaf dedicated her award to to Mr.Amirentezam for spending 30 years in prison for his fight for democracy)
3- Green Days: "Best Director Award" From Human Rights International Film Festival, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 2010 (Hana Makhmalbaf dedicated her award to an Iranian artist and filmmaker Mr.Nourizad who has been in prison on the grounds of writing painful, frank, daring and explicit letters to Khamenei "The main director of suppressing Iranian people" and has sacrificed his personal interests and benefits, for Iranian people.)
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