The Role

A film by

Iran | 10/2018 | 12' | fiction

A woman accompanies her husband for an audition. The thing that happens there leads her for an important decision...

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Farnoosh Samadi

Biography

Farnoosh Samadi is an Iranian filmmaker who is graduated from Fine Art Academy in Rome. She worked as co-writer in Ali Asgari’s award winning short films. She is also co-writer of a feature film with Ali Asgari which was developed at Cinefondation Residence. The Silence her first short film co-directed by Ali Asgari had its world premiere in competition at Cannes Film Festival 2016. Gaze is her second short film which has its world premiere in competition of Locarno Film Festival 2017.

Filmography

  • The Role – 2018 – short film
  • Gaze – 2017 – short film
  • The Silence – 2016 – short film
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Crew

Director: Farnoosh Samadi
Screenplay: Ali Asgari, Farnoosh Samadi
Producer: Three Gardens: Pouria Heidary Oureh
Executive Producers: Shirin Fashandi, Tabasoom Heidari
Cinematographer: Sina Kermanizadeg
Sound Recording: Amir Partozadeh
Sound Design: Ensieh Maleki
Editor: Ehsan Vaseghi
Composer: Navid Fashami
Costume & Set Designer: Melody Esmaeili
Make-Up Artist: Amir Torab
Cast: Mina Sadati, Babak Hamidian, Amirreza Ranjbaran, Diana Dehgahan, Babak Karimi

Festivals

  • Tirana International Film Festival, Albania (2 – 9 November, 2018)
    International Competition
  • Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran (9 – 13 November, 2018)
    National Competition
  • PÖFF Shorts – Short Film & Animation Festival, Estonia (20 – 28 November, 2018)
    Live-Action Competition
  • Tenerife Shorts, Spain (29 November – 2 December, 2018)
    International Competition
  • NexT International Film Festival, Romania (14 – 17 December, 2018)
    International Competition
  • Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia (11 – 20 January, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway (22 – 27 January, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Filmfestival Einsiedeln, Switzerland (18 – 19 February, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Aswan International Women Film Festival, Egypt (20 – 26 February, 2019)
    International Short Film Competition
  • Beirut International Womens Film Festival, Lebanon (10 – 15 March, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey (18 – 28 March, 2019)
    Out of Competition: Perspective
  • Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany (20 – 25 March, 2019)
    Competition
  • Florida Film Festival, United States (12 – 21 April, 2019)
    International Shorts program
  • Montclair Film Festival, United States (3 – 12 May, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival, Slovenia (5 – 9 June, 2019)
    Video on the Beach
  • Maryland Film Festival, United States (8 – 12 May, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Corti Da Sogni Antonio Ricci – International Short Film Festival, Italy (14 – 18 May, 2019)
    Worldwide Fiction Competition
  • Edu Short Movie, Italy (9 – 11 June, 2019)
    Competition Won: Best Short Film
  • Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway (12 – 16 June, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Italy (14 – 20 June, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Cinestesia Legano Short Film Festival, Italy (15 – 16 June, 2019)
    Competition
  • Cinemadamare, Italy (17 June – 10 August, 2019)
    Competition
  • Palm Springs International ShortFest, United States (18 – 24 June, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Capodarco Film Festival, Italy (25 – 29 June, 2019)
    Short film competition Won: Best Narrative Short
  • ShorTS International Film Festival, Italy (28 June – 6 July, 2019)
    Maremetraggio Section
  • Bašta Fest, Serbia (4 – 7 July, 2019)
    Official Competition
  • Periferia dell’Impero Film Festival, Italy (12 – 14 July, 2019)
    Short Film Competition
  • Cisterna Film Festival, Italy (18 – 21 July, 2019)
    Competition
  • Postira Seaside Film Festival, Croatia (23 – 27 July, 2019)
    Out-of-competition
  • Out of Bounds Film Festival, Italy (1 – 8 August, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival, Romania (5 – 11 August, 2019)
    International Short Film Competition
  • MoliseCinema Film Festival, Italy (6 – 11 August, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Lenolafilmfestival, Italy (7 – 11 August, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany (8 – 12 August, 2019)
    Competition
  • Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, India (15 – 18 August, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Gässli Film Festival, Switzerland (26 August – 1 September, 2019)
    Best International Short Competition
  • Mediterraneo Festival Corto, Italy (5 – 8 September, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • FICBUEU, Spain (6 – 14 September, 2019)
    Panorama
  • DC Shorts Film Festival, United States (19 – 28 September, 2019)
    Competition
  • Love & Anarchy – Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland (19 – 29 September, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Corti In Cortile, Il Cinema In Breve, Italy (20 – 22 September, 2019)
    Competition Won: Best Actress
  • Tirana International Film Festival, Albania (23 – 29 September, 2019)
    Retrospective
  • Hell’s Half Mile, United States (26 – 29 September, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Orvieto Cinema Fest, Italy (2 – 5 October, 2019)
    Competition Won: Best National Film
  • Tacoma Film Festival, United States (3 – 10 October, 2019)
    Competition
  • Nashville Film Festival, United States (3 – 12 October, 2019)
    Competition
  • Drunken Film Fest Oakland, United Stated (4 – 12 October, 2019)
    Official Selection Won: Best World Narrative Film
  • Sedicicorto International Film Festival, Italy (4 – 13 October, 2019)
    Iranfest
  • Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival, Australia (6 – 9 October, 2019)
    International Competition
  • IndieCork, Ireland (6 – 13 October, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Tetova International Film Festival, Macedonia (7 – 13 October, 2019)
    Retrospective
  • Warsaw Film Festival, Poland (11 – 20 October, 2019)
    Out-of-competition: Cinema Against Cancer
  • Chicago International Film Festival, United States (16 – 27 October, 2019)
    Short Film Competition
  • Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, Greece (17 – 20 October, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Cinema no Feminino, Portugal (30 October – 3 November, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil (30 October – 6 November, 2019)
    International Competition
  • MyART Film Festival, Italy (5 – 9 November, 2019)
    Competition
  • Linz International Short Film Festival, Austria (7 – 10 November, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Medfilm Festival, Italy (8 – 21 November, 2019)
    Walk With Women competition Won: Best Film
  • KIN – Women’s International Film Festival, Armenia (11 – 15 November, 2019)
    Competition Special Mention
  • Shorts That Are Not Pants, Canada (15 – 16 November, 2019)
    Competition
  • Rabat International Author Film Festival, Morocco (16 – 22 November, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Magma – Mostra Di Cinema Breve, Italy (22 – 23 November, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Eindhoven Film Festival, Netherlands (28 November – 1 December, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • SOUQ Film Festival, Italy (29 November – 1 December, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Festival Tous Courts, France (3 – 7 December, 2019)
    International Short Film Competition
  • Afrodite Shorts, Italy (5 December, 2019)
    Best International Short
  • Pentedattilo Film Festival, Italy (7 – 11 December, 2019)
    Out of competition
  • Tertio Millennio Film Festival, Italy (10 – 13 December, 2019)
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