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The role

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A woman accompanies her husband for an audition. The thing that happens there leads her for an important decision...

Italiano

Una donna accompagna il marito ad un provino. Ciò che accadrà la porterà a prendere un'importante decisione...

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Farnoosh Samadi

Short Film | Fiction | Drama

11' 51''

Iran | Italy, 2018

Persian

English | Italian

Mina Sadati | Babak Hamidian | Amirreza Ranjbaran | Diana Dehgahan | Babak Karimi

Three Gardens

Pouria Heidary Oureh

Shirin Fashandi | Tabasoom Heidari

Zen Movie | Some Shorts

Ali Asgari | Farnoosh Samadi

Sina Kermanizadeg

Ehsan Vaseghi

Navid Fashami

Melody Esmaeili

Melody Esmaeili

Amir Partozadeh

Ensieh Maleki

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Selections & Awards

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PALM SPRINGS INT. SHORTFEST, Palm Springs (USA)

OSCAR® qualifying festival

TIRANA INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Tirana (ALBANIA)

OSCAR® qualifying festival

FLICKERFEST INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Bondi Beach (AUSTRALIA)

OSCAR® & BAFTA qualifying festival

FLORIDA FILM FESTIVAL, Maitland (USA)

OSCAR® qualifying festival

NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL, Nashville (USA)

OSCAR® qualifying festival

WARSAW FILM FESTIVAL, Warsaw (POLAND)

OSCAR® qualifying festival

CHICAGO INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Chicago (USA)

OSCAR® qualifying festival

PÖFF SHORTS – INT. SHORT FILM AND ANIMATION FESTIVAL , Tallinn (ESTONIA)

EFA qualifying festival

NASTRI D'ARGENTO, (ITALY)

Winner of the SPECIAL AWARD

TENERIFE SHORTS, Tenerife (SPAIN)

SHORTS INT. FILM FESTIVAL - MAREMETRAGGIO, Trieste (ITALY)

TEHRAN INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Tehran (IRAN)

NEXT INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Bucharest (ROMANIA)

MINIMALEN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Trondheim (NORWAY)

LANDSHUT SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Landshut (GERMANY)

SEDICICORTO INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Forlì (ITALY)

CORTI DA SOGNI - ANTONIO RICCI, Ravenna (ITALY)

CAPODARCO L'ALTRO FESTIVAL - PREMIO L'ANELLO DEBOLE, Capodarco di Fermo (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM

FILMFESTIVAL EINSIEDELN, Einsiedeln (SWITZERLAND)

CINESTESIA LEGNANO, Legnano (ITALY)

EDU SHORT MOVIE, Montefiascone (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM

SGUARDI ALTROVE FILM FESTIVAL, Milano (ITALY)

ASWAN INT. WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL, Aswan (EGYPT)

BEIRUT INT. WOMENS FILM FESTIVAL, Beirut (LEBANON)

AKBANK SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, various cities (TURKEY)

CINEMADAMARE, various locations (ITALY)

CISTERNA FIM FESTIVAL, Cisterna di Latina (ITALY)

APPENNINO DOC - FLUVIONE FILM FESTIVAL, Roccafluvione (ITALY)

PERIFERIA DELL'IMPERO FILM FESTIVAL, Sessa Aurunca (ITALY)

Winner of BEST ACTRESS (Mina Sadati)

OUT OF BOUNDS FIM FESTIVAL, Barletta (ITALY)

FESTIVAL INT. INVENTA UN FILM, Lenola(ITALY)

MOLISECINEMA FILM FESTIVAL, Casacalenda (ITALY)

MEDITERRANEO FESTIVAL CORTO, Diamante (ITALY)

CORTI IN CORTILE, Catania (ITALY)

Winner of BEST ACTRESS (Mina Sadati)

HEXAGON FILM FESTIVAL, Grosseto (ITALY)

VALDARNO CINEMA FILM FESTIVAL, S. Giovanni Valdarno (ITALY)

PENTEDATTILO FILM FESTIVAL, Pentedattilo / Reggio Calabria (ITALY)

FESTIVAL INT. DEL CINEMA POVERO, Ispra (ITALY)

Winner of BEST INT. SHORT FILM

ORVIETO CINEMA FEST, Orvieto (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM

AFRODITE SHORTS, Rome (ITALY)

MEDFILM FESTIVAL, Rome (ITALY)

TERTIO MILLENNIO FILM FESTIVAL - IO SONO TU SEI, Rome (ITALY)

MAGMA INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Acireale (ITALY)

MYART FILM FESTIVAL, Cosenza (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM

IVELISE CINE FESTIVAL, Roma (ITALY)

FIRENZE FILM CORTI , Firenze (ITALY)

OFFICINE SOCIAL MOVIE (ITALY)​

Farnoosh Samadi - TR

Farnoosh Samadi

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Biography

English

Farnoosh Samadi is an Iranian filmmaker who graduated from Fine Art Academy in Rome. She worked as co-writer in Ali Asgari's award winning short films, such as “More Than Two Hours” (2013), in competition at Festival de Cannes, and “The Baby” (2014), in competition at Venice Film Festival. She is also co-writer of Ali's first feature film, “Disappearance”, which was developed at Cinefondation La Residence of Festival De Cannes and had its world and North American premiere at Venice Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival“The Silence” (2016) her fisrt short film as a director - co-directed together with Ali Asgari - had its world première in competition at Festival de Cannes. "Gaze" (2017), her second short film, had its world première in competition at Locarno Film Festival. "The role" (2018), her third short film, premiered in competition at Tirana Int. Film FestivalFarnoosh is a member of Academy of Oscar.

Italiano

Farnoosh Samadi è una regista iraniana, diplomata all'Accademia delle Belle Arti di Roma. Ha lavorato come co-sceneggiatrice nei pluripremiati cortometraggi di Ali Asgari, come "More Than Two Hours" (2013), in concorso al Festival di Cannes, e "The Baby", presentato in anteprima alla Mostra del Cinema di VeneziaÈ anche co-sceneggiatrice del primo lungometraggio di Ali, "Disappearance", sviluppato alla Cinefondation La Residence del Festival di Cannes, che ha avuto la sua anteprima mondiale e nordamericana alla Mostra del Cinema di Venezia e al Toronto Film Festival"Il Silenzio (The Silence)" (2016), il suo primo cortometraggio da regista - co-diretto insieme ad Ali Asgari - ha avuto la sua anteprima mondiale in concorso al Festival di Cannes. "Gaze" (2017), la sua opera seconda, ha avuto la sua anteprima mondiale in concorso al Festival del Film di Locarno. "The role" (2018), la sua terza opera, ha avuto la sua anteprima mondiale al Tirana Int. Film Festival. Farnoosh è membro dell'Academy.

Filmography

PILGRIMS

(2020 | short film)

THE ROLE

(2018 | short film)

Tirana Int. Film Festival (Oscar)

Palm Springs Int. Shortfest (Oscar)

Flickerfest Int. Short Film Festival (Oscar)

GAZE

(2017 | short film)

Locarno Film Festival (Oscar)

Nashville Film Festival (Oscar)

AFI Fest (Oscar)

IL SILENZIO

(THE SILENCE)

(2016 | short film)

Festival de Cannes (Oscar)

Flickerfest Int. Short Film Festival (Oscar)

HollyShorts Film Festival (Oscar)

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