Alireza Ataollah Tabrizi and Ahmad Otraghchi

IRANIAN PROGRAM - Sponsored by Super Vanak International Food Market & Café
80 min | 2020 | Iran | East Coast Premiere

The directors tell 3 separate stories that become rivetingly interwoven, illustrating the difficulty of being a woman alone.

Official Selection: Fajr Int’l FF, Red Sea Int’l FF, Iranian FF - San Francisco.

GANDO

Teymour Ghaderi

8 min | 2020 | Iran | Boston Premiere

Girls in Sistan and Baluchestan provinces of Iran are tasked with going to the pond to bring water to their villages which can be quite a distance to walk. Most ponds are inhabited by the Iranian crocodile, the Gando and the saying and belief is that where there is a Gando so there is water. They will attack; thus, it is not uncommon for these children to lose a leg or hand to these creatures. This doc tells the story of a 9-year-old girl, Hawa and her experience with a Gando.

Official Selections: Inclús - Barcelona Int’l Disability FF, Scout Winter FF Vermont, Providence Children’s FF, IMFF Maine.

POLITICS

Fardin Zarei

2 min | 2021 | Iran | World Premiere

The story of a carton of eggs and one egg that emerges as a leader.