Stratosphere
Iran, Islamic Republic of, 2023, 13 minutes, Color, Persian; Turkish captioned, English subtitled
Director: Mahmood Pouyandeh
Screenplay: Mahmood Pouyandeh
Cinematography: Keyvan Shabani
Editing: Benyamin Ghochagh
Music: Dariush Salehpour
Sound: Ali Alidousti
Producer: Mahmood Pouyandeh
Cast: Amineh Keyhan, Farzam Jalali, Abbas Tofighi, Mahmoud Pouyandeh
Priya, a 20-year-old dance instructor for children, lives with her 7-year-old brother Paya. After the loss of their parents two years ago, Priya took on the responsibility for her brother alone. Seeing Paya's high performance in the first grade, Priya decides to enroll her brother in an elite state-run school for the second grade. However, the interview with the school administrators will not go as they expected.