The recess trailer (2021) | Navid Nikkhah Azad

THE RECESS (2021). From Iranian acclaimed Director Navid Nikkhah Azad comes one of the most provocative drama short films of recent times. The Tragic story of Sahar Khodayari. Director: Navid Nikkhah Azad. https://navidazad.com +STORYLINE Sahar a 17 year old student is determined to skip high school during the recess to attend the football stadium to watch the football match between Esteghlal F.C. vs. Al-Ain as part of AFC Champions League against the national ban on women to enter football stadiums in Iran. +OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: Oxford Film Festival (2021) · Living Skies Student Film Festival (2021) · Festival Internacional de Cine de Lebu (2021) · Garden State Film Festival (2021) · Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival (2021) · Humboldt International Film Festival (2021) · Vox Feminae Festival (2021) · Festival de Cine de Alicante (2021) · River Film Festival (2021) · San Francisco Frozen Film Festival (2021) · Kimera International Film Festival (2021) · Ischia Global Film Festival (2021) · Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival (2021) · FECISO - Festival Internacional de Cine Social de Castilla-la Mancha (2021) · Festival Internacional Cine Invisible “Film Sozialak” Bilbao (2021) · Salento International Film Festival (2021) · IndieFEST Film Awards (2021) · Nevada City International Film Festival (2021) · Festival de Cine Estudiantil FENACIES (2021) · Chesapeake Film Festival (2021) · Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (2021) · Semana de Cine de Lugo (2021) · Progeny Short Film Festival (2021) · Crossroads International Short Film Festival (2021) · Curtas Festival do Imaxinario (2021) · Ojai Film Festival (2021) · Utopia Film Festival (2021) +AWARDS: Winner: Best Performance, Living Skies Student Film Festival (2021). Winner: Best Narrative Short Film, Oxford Film Festival (2021). Winner: Best Narrative, The Johns Hopkins Film Festival (2021). Winner: Best Dramatic Short, San Francisco Frozen Film Festival (2021). Winner: Award of Excellence, IndieFEST Film Awards (2021). +KEYWORDS: the+recess · short+film · political+drama · navid+nikkhah+azad · sahar+khodayari · blue+girl · women+rights · human+rights · gender+disguise · self-immolation · tragic+death · football · stadium · controversy · Iran +More from THE RECESS on Google News: https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMLC_pwswncq_Aw