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Iran, Islamic Republic of, 2022, 15 minutes, Color, Persian; Turkish captioned, English subtitled
2023 Vancouver Short Film Festival; Best BC Short Film 2023 Festival International de Films de Fribourg; Best International Short Film 2022 Festival tous courts; International Short Film Competition Audacity Prize
Director: Alireza Kazemipour
Screenplay: Alireza Kazemipour, Solmaz Mortezavand
Cinematography: Daiush Nastooh
Editing: Amir Adibparvar
Music: Mehrdad Jafari raad
Producer: Solmaz Mortezavand
Cast: Marjan Alizadeh, Mehran Mirmiri, Hadi Eftekharzadeh
A bald girl and a young boy with long hair whose car has been confiscated due to lack of proper hijab are trying to solve their problem with the Tehran Morality Police without having to pay a fine. Police surveillance cameras have mistaken the boy for a woman because of his long hair, and the young girl, despite her shaved head, has to pay the fine simply because she’s a woman and that the hijab law only applies to females. The two of them are hence resisting the police. Being humiliated by a police officer, they decide to punish the officer in their own way.