LABYRINTH
Labyrinth
(Hezartou)
Directed by: Amir Hossein Torabi
Written by: Tala Motazedi
Producers: Sepehr Seifi, Maryam Shafiei
Production Company: Iran Novin Film
Executive Producer: Hossein Akbari
DOP: Ashkan Ashkani
Editor: Sepideh Abdolvahab
Production Designer: Hojjat Ashtari
Music: Peyman Yazdanian
Costume Designer: Neda Nasr
Sound: Dariush Sadeghpour, Alireza Alavian
Make-up: Seyed Jalal Mousavi
Post production Supervisor: Vahid Ghotbizadeh
Cast: Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Ghazal Nazar, Pejman Jamshidi, Fariba Jedikar.
Iran, 2019, Alexa, DCP, 4K, Color, 1:1.85, 5.1, 86 minutes.
Language: Farsi
Logline:
A kid is missing… in the dark paths in the lives of the adults…
Synopsis:
Negar and Amirali are going to immigrate, but at the very last moment, they face a critical situation: their son, Bardiya, goes missing. Now it is time to unfold all the family secrets…
Director’s View:
People think life is always a straight road and exactly when they are confident their notion is right, they fall into a steep slope and if they lose the power to control everything in time, they will surely have a crash… This can destroy many people…
Director’s Profile:
Born in 1976, Amir Hossein Torabi is a graduate of film directing. He has been active as short film director, assistant director and production manager. His 13 short films – including Moonlight on the Canvas (presented in Turin), Behind the Grey Wall (presented in Koln and Zagreb), Healthy Family (presented in Berlin), Alzheimer’s (presented in Tehran Short Films, Roshd, Isfahan) and Love Quake – entered film festival circuits and won a number of awards. A lecturer in fiction and promotional filmmaking workshops, Torabi has made more than 700 commercials. LABYRINTH is his debut feature film.
Feature Films: 2019- Labyrinth.
Festivals & Awards:
1- Wales International Film Festival (UK – September 2019).
- Finalist.
2- Iranian Film Festival Australia (Australia – October 2019).
3- Sao Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil – October 2019).
- Competition of New Directors.
4- Cyrus International Film Festival (Canada – November 2019).
5- Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco (USA – September 2020).
- Best Film Award.
- Best Director Award.
- Best Script Award.
- Best Actor Award (Shahab Hosseini).
6- Asian Film Festival – Barcelona (Spain – October 2020).
- Panorama Section.
7- Lift-Off Sessions @ Pinewood Studio (UK – April 2021).
8- Iranian Film Cycle in Casa Asia (Spain – September 2021).
9- Edo State International Film Festival (Nigeria – September 2022).
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