Nightly Whispers

Logline:
It’s the story of a single dad whose daughter is in a relationship with an unknown guy. The girl refuses to introduce the guy to his father but after all they meet and at that point the father encounters something awkward and intolerable…

Film crew:
Writer, director and editor: Omid Abdollahi
Set and costume designers: Mohammadreza Baghandeh, Omid Abdollahi
Make-up Artist: Somayyeh Kakavand
Colorist: Saman Majd Vafaee
Production Manager: Hooman Mahmoodi
Music: Amir Bayat
raft Service: Abbas Khadiri
Sound Designing and Mixing: Saman Shahamat
Line Producer: Kaco Film & Iranian Youth Cinema Society

Cast:
Hadi Eftekharzade, Amirreza Ranjbaran

Director’s biography:
Omid Abdollahi was born in Shiraz, Iran in 1978. He started his filmmaking career in the late 1990’s by passing a filmmaking course in Iranian Youth Cinema Society. After graduation from high school and contrary to his own liking, he started to study architecture. After graduation from university, he started to work as a teacher in the Ministry of Education and Training. At the same time, he made a few short films. After two years, however, he stopped teaching to join a professional filmmaking group and followed cinematic activities professionally. At last, he entered university once again to study cinema (editing). Since then, he has been continually active in the field of cinema, and – with his short and documentary films – has succeeded in participating and winning in numerous festivals such as Bronze Medal from Festival of Nations, Ebensee, Austria; receiving IDFA Bertha Fund award; Jury Prize from Ismailia International Film Festival;

Jury Mention Special Prize from Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival. He is now a member of Iranian Short Film Association (ISFA) and Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association.

Awards:
2022, 12th ISFA Academy Award, Tehran, Iran.
2021, Official Selection, 22th Izmir Kisa Film Festivali, Izmir, Turkey.
2021, Official Selection, 16th Sapporo Short Film Fest, Sapporo, Japan.