Tehran Taboo
an ALI SOOZANDEH picture
Synopsis
Tehran is a city full of restrictions and religious laws where any type of crime leads to draconic punishment. Yet, the lust for life in young women and men who seek to live freely has made it an everyday sport to avoid these strict prohibitions. Three women of different social backgrounds and a young musician will cross path. This humanist film expresses with tenderness and humor the hypocrisy and the contradictions of the system and its consequences.
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Press
"Raw, dark, beautifully illustrated and deeply disturbing."
The Huffington Post
"A lively, irreverent animated assault on Iranian morality."
Screen International
"Every scene makes a political point about the religious and political repression of personal life in Iran."
The Hollywood Reporter
"A stunning penetration into the very disturbed hidden face of daily life in the Iranian capital."
Cineuropa
Festivals
& Awards
Grand Rail d'Or, Audience Award
Semaine de la Critique
Cannes 2017
FIPRESCI Prize, Jerusalem Film Festival
Busan International Film Festival
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Anima't Award, Sitges International Film Festival
Special Mention, Bilbao ZINEBI
Audience Award
Festival International du Film d’Animation de Bruxelles
Sydney International Film Festival
Annecy Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Film Fest Gent
Mostra de Sao Paulo
Istanbul Filmekimi
Festival La Orquidea, Cuenca
Brussels Anima
Bratislava Febiofest
Prague Febiofest
Hong Kong Film Festival
Helsinki International Film Festival
Festival du Nouveau Cinema Montreal
Daniel Langlois Innovation Award
EBU European Script Awards 2017
Best Script by a Newcomer
Gene Siskel Film Center
Audience Award
Soundscreen Film Festival
Best Director
Transatlantyk Film Festival
Vancouver Film Festival
CPH PIX – Copenhagen Film Festival
Filmfest Hamburg
Adelaide Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Golden Horse Film Festival in Taipei
Fancine - Malaga International Week of Fantastic cinema
Skopje Cinedays
Bilbao ZINEBI
Manchester Animation Festival
Gijón International Film Festival
Costa Rica International Film Festival
Göteborg Film Festival
Assen Film Festival
Movies That Matter
Inovative Film City Bengaluru
AniFilm Festival
IN COMPETITION
Bologna Future Film Festival
Poznan Animator Festival
Brave Film Festival
Viborg Animation Festival
ANIMEST
Taichung Animation Film Festival
Fredrikstad Animation Festival
Films from the South Film Festival
Festival Van De Gelijkhied
Cast & Crew
| Elmira Rafizadeh | |
| Zar Amir Ebrahimi | |
| Arash Marandi |
| Producer | Ali Samadi Ahadi |
|---|---|
| Frank Geider | |
| Co-producer | Antonin Svoboda |
| Bruno Wagner | |
| Mark Fencer | |
| Armin Hofmann | |
| Camera | Martin Gschlacht |
| Light | Dominik Danner |
| Music | Ali N. Askin |
| Animation | Pixeltruck |
| VFX Supervisor | Ali Samadi Ahadi |
| Casting | Sarah Lee |
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