screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
1.78:1 (16:9)
sound format
5.1 Audiomix
original-language
German, Farsi
subtitles
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Arabic
An Iranian taxi driver and his daughter, both long settled in Germany, clash over her work as a journalist. He fears for her safety. To protect her, he risks losing her forever. A film about the enduring power of repressive regimes – even beyond their borders.
director
Pedram Sadough
Production
Pedram Sadough, Sonja Gillert, Annika Birgel, Rudolf Fitzgerald Leonard
Script
Pedram Sadough
Editing
Pedram Sadough
DOP
Adam Kaiser-Lynch
Sound Design
Nils Gradlowsky
Szenenbild / Production Design
Carina Wolf
Original Score
Max Cave, Andrei Martynchyk
Festivals
2025
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
2025
Berlin Short Film Festival, Germany
(Audience Award)
2025
Canberra Short Film Festival, Australia
Production
- Pedram Sadough
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Distribution
- Pedram Sadough
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Sales
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Pedram Sadough
Pedram Sadough is a German-Iranian filmmaker. He graduated from Bauhaus University Weimar and Oxford Brookes University, and co-authored a book on Abbas Kiarostami. His works explore homeland as both a place of longing and an inevitable burden.
Filmography
2006 Hedye – The Gift
2008 All You See
2011 Nicht Mehr Ich
2025 Dokhtar’am