World Cinema
Shahid / Shahid
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 13th December
- 10.00 am
- Kairali
Screening 2
- 16th December
- 6.15 pm
- ajantha
Screening 3
- 18th December
- 3.15 pm
- audi 6
Narges Kalhor
Director's bio
Narges Kalhor
Narges Kalhor was born and raised in Tehran in 1984. After graduating from high school in 2001, she began studying feature film directing at the Tehran Film Academy. She was mentored by various well-known filmmakers such as Abbas Kiarostami. In 2007, she continued her studies in visual communication at the Kamalolmolk Uni - versity. At the same time, she worked as a film editor at the advertising film agency ARASB in Tehran and shot five short films. In 2009, Narg - es Kalhor participated in the Nuremberg Inter - national Human Rights Film Festival (NIHRFF) in Nuremberg with her short film “DIE EGGE”. Her application for political asylum attracted inter - national attention due to her being the daughter of the highest-ranking cultural advisor to the then Iranian President Ahmadinehjad.
Synopsis
Director Narges Shahid Kalhor casts an actress to help change her family name, shedding the martyrdom of “Shahid.” But her long-dead, heroic great-grandfather reappears to stop her. As reality, fiction, and genres collide, tensions erupt between the director, actress, and ancestor. Bureaucracy, stubborn wills, and artistic chaos unravel the plan, humorously challenging radical ideologies and the film itself.
Details of Cast
Noah Schuller, Antonia Meier, Lilli Pongratz, Rakim Hazaz, Armin Makumbo, Thomas Hupfer
Details of Crew
DoP Felix Pflieger Editors Frank J Müller, Narges Kalhor Music Marja Burchard Sound Design Philipp Huter
Producer Details
Michael Kalb
Writer Details
Narges Kalhor, Aydin Alinejadsomeeh
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