Title: The Role

Country: Iran and Italy

Year :2018

Runing Time : 13 min Fiction

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

• 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

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)