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Engar Madaram Geriste Bud Aan Shab
As If Mother Cried That Night

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2023 runtime 19'20 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.33:1 (4:3) sound format Dolby Surround languages Deutsch, Farsi Subtitles Deutsch, Englisch

An Iranian couple cling to motherhood as a potential means for staying in Germany, unraveling a web of uncertainty and sacrifice in their desperate quest for asylum.

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Official Trailer: https://www.locarnofestival.ch/en/festival/program/film/engar-madaram-geriste-bud-aan-shab?fid=2622f186-392b-4a04-8a09-18500bdf9562&l=en

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director Hoda Taheri Produktion / Production Julia Gostynski Drehbuch / Script Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadzija, Magdalena Jacob Besetzung / Cast Hoda Taheri, Hadi Khanjanpour, Benjamin Kühni, Kerstin Burger Schnitt / Editing Boris Hadzija Tongestaltung / Sound Design Magdalena Jacob, Vanessa Heeger Bildgestaltung / DOP Lena Thiemann film school Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Festivals
2023 Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland
School
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • http://www.dffb.de
Production
  • DFFB
  • Julia Rose Gostynski
Distribution
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
Sales
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de

Hoda Taheri

Hoda Taheri is an Iranian artist and filmmaker based in Berlin. Her first short film MOTHER PRAYS ALL DAY LONG received a special mention at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival and was nominated for the German Short Film Award. In 2023 her second short film AS IF MOTHER CRIED THAT NIGHT premiered at the Locarno Festival.

Filmography
2022 Mother Prays All Day Long
2023 As If Mother Cried That Night

Portrait of Hoda Taheri