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International Short Films Programme 4: Out of Reach
Granted a rare visit with her imprisoned husband, a young woman sets out to make something tender of the prison’s harsh, indifferent rooms.
Granted a rare visit with her imprisoned husband, a young woman arrives determined to make something tender of the time she is given. Around her, the prison is indifferent, its rooms harsh and its routines unmoved. Omid Abdollahi drew on childhood visits to his own father and turns his attention to the people punishment leaves behind, the wives and mothers and children who carry wounds no record measures. Sweetness here is something made, not found.

Credits

Director
Omid Abdollahi
Screenwriter
Omid Abdollahi, Solmaz Haddadian
Producer
Hossein Mansourzadeh, Omid Abdollahi
Cinematographer
Ali Ehsani
Editor
Omid Abdollahi
Music
Kaveh Kateb
Cast
Behdokht Valian, Reza Akhlaghirad (voice), Ebrahim Azizi (voice)

About the Director

Omid Abdollahi
Omid Abdollahi is an Iranian director, screenwriter and editor whose short fiction and documentary films have screened at numerous international festivals. His short film ‘Glimmer’ received a Special Mention from the Jury at the 35th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. In 2015, he received the Grand Prize for Best Filmmaker at the Sapporo International Short Film Festival for his t