Iran to Jax
Iranian Short Films
SATURDAY, April 13 @ 3 pm
Sponsored by: TIGERLILY
Location: Jessie Ball duPont Center - Northern Trust
Nahal
Iran - Director: Mehran Qorbani
A girl named Nahal has won first place in the Quran recitation competition. But because of the video of Nahal singing on social media, the award and plaque of appreciation are taken away from her.
Sampo
Iran - Director: Marziyeh Riahi
A little girl and her mother, a single worker, reside in a low-income area of Tehran, the capital of Iran. The girl constantly wishes her mother would obtain employment at the memorial service, where employers treat employees more kindly...
Apollo
Iran - Director: Farzad Ranjbar
Farhad has only one hour to shoot the last shot of his film, which he has invested his whole life in, but everything goes hand in hand to drive him to the brink of insanity.
Alikija
Iran - Director: Hamid Vatanparast
After the disappearance of " Alikija ", (a boy addressed as a female), his uncle reveals that he killed Ali and buried his body in a sacred site to safeguard the family's dignity.
The Steak
Iran - Director: Kiarash Dadgar Mohebi
A birthday ceremony preparation gets upside down as something horrible takes place.
In Between!
Iran - Directors: Neda Khanifar & Esmaeel Hasan Pour
A couple desperate for a child takes a dark turn when they decide to buy one from a poor couple, but the consequences of their actions prove to be more than they bargained for.
Now What?
Iran - Director: Saman Darvish
A group of disgruntled office workers unite to take down their boss, but their solidarity quickly unravels as each member abandons the cause one by one.