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INFO

Director

Mohammad R. Khavari

Genre

Drama Fiction

Runtime

15’

Year

2022

Nationality

Iran

SYNOPSIS

In an attempt to support his pregnant classmate, a young man lies by declaring himself her husband in the midst of a heated confrontation with their teacher. Meanwhile, the real husband waits until he can talk to the same teacher, and when he confronts her after class, a serious misunderstanding arises that ends up disadvantaging the pregnant young woman.

STILLS

CREDITS

Director

Mohammad R. Khavari

Genre

Drama

Runtime

15′

Nationality

Iran

Cast

Nassim Adabi

Faranak Kalantar

Amin Mazaheri

Mohammad Movahednia

Shahrouz Aghaei

Houra Kian

Script

Mohammad R. Khavari

Producer

Emma Sofia Fazzuoli

Adrian R. Mani

Editing

Mohammad R. Khavari

Sound mix

Erfan Ebrahimi

DOP

Keyvan Shabani

Color

Farbod Jalali

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

2022
National Premiere
8. Shahr Film Festival
2022 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING / EFA ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
20. Tirana Internation Film Festival
2022 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
39. Tehran International Short Film Festival
2022
Official Selection
41. Fajr Film Festival
2023
Official Selection
10. Persian Film Festival
2023
Official Selection
17. Human Rights Arts and Film Festival

Mohammad R. Khavari

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BIO

Mohammad Reza Khavari was Born in 1992. He is an Iranian screenwriter, editor, director, and producer. At the age of 19, he started film making by making no-budget films. Participating in The Oscar Winner Iranian Director; Asghar Farhadi’s directing master class, motivated him to make his first short film “SABA”.

FILMOGRAPHY

SABA

2020