BITTER

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2024 runtime 32'00 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby Surround original-language German, Farsi subtitles German, English

Anoush was just five years old when her parents fled with her from Iran to Germany. Now she is about to graduate from high school and trying to figure out what her future could look like. In Cologne she feels at home and safe. Her parents, on the other hand, have experienced a social decline. Her father Puya is particularly affected by the situation and becoming increasingly silent. A visit from Iran makes him blossom for a brief moment and Anoush's view of him also changes.

director Hanieh Bozorgnia Production Saba Mehdizadeh Script Hanieh Bozorgnia Editing Hamed Mohammadi, Hanieh Bozorgnia, Rita Schwarze DOP Lena Katharina Krause Cast Jasmin Artosha Mokhtare, Majid Bakhtiari, Sevil Mokhtare Original Score Trace Polly Müller Szenenbild / Production Design Ella Knopf, Charlotte Kuke film school Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
2024 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany
School
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Heumarkt 14
  • 50667 Köln
  • Germany
  • +49 221 201890
  • http://www.khm.de
Production
  • EYE GOT U FILMS
  • Saba Mehdizadeh
  • http://www.eyegotufilms.com
Production
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 330
  • https://www.khm.de/
Distribution
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 330
  • https://www.khm.de/
Sales
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 330
  • https://www.khm.de/

Hanieh Bozorgnia

Hanieh Bozorgnia, born 1990 in Shiraz, Iran. She works interdisciplinary in the fields of film, video art, and installation. She is co-founder of the film and series production company EYE GOT U FILMS, which pursues an anti-racist, feminist and queer approach to filmmaking.

Filmography
2019 LAUWARM
2023 ADDICTS
2024 BITTER