A 14-year-old Afghan girl named Khatemeh living in Iran with her family was forced to get married to her late sister’s husband whom died through suicide. After a while she escaped from home due to her husband and her brother’s torture and beating. She became a refugee to the welfare organization of Shiraz…
FINALIST – Cardiff International Film Festival – Cardiff, UK – 2020
FINALIST – Golden Tree International Documentary Festival – Frankfurt, Germany – 2020
Official Selection Festival international du film ethnographique MUSÉE du peuple galicien – Galicia – 2020
Official Selection International Film Festival-FICNOVA – Madrid – 2020
Official Selection Liberation Docfest Bangladesh – DHAKA, Bangladesh – 2020
Official Selection – American Documentary Film Festival – Palm Springs – 2020
Official Selection ÍRÁN:CI – Prague – 2020
Official Selection International Programme, DOK LEIPZIG – Leipzig – 2019
The Best Feature Documentary Florence Film Awards – Florence – 2019
The Best Film Cinema Vérité Iran International Documentary Film Festival – Tehran – 2018
Best Directing Cinema Vérité Iran International Documentary Film Festival – Tehran – 2018
Best Editing Cinema Vérité Iran International Documentary Film Festival – Tehran – 2018
MYART It is “Khatemeh”, by Hadi and Mehdi Zarei, the winner of the 5th edition of MyArt International Film Festival, the independent cinema festival promoted by the Multiethnic Cultural Association La Kasbah Onlus and which took place in Cosenza from 9th to 12th December. The documentary “Khatemeh” won the “Sarah Maldoror” Award, in memory of
We talk with Hadi and Mehdi Zarei about shooting such a difficult subject, gaining the trust of a rather extreme family, the situation of Afghan immigrants in Iran, the state of the Iranian movie industry and many other topics
Asian Movie Pluse cinematic website has announced the name of the doc codirected by Mehdi and Hadi Zarei as one of the top films of the year.
Khatemeh won the Best Documentary Feature Award at the Herat International Women’s Film Festival
Directed/Producer
Cinematograph/Sound:
Hadi Zarei /Mehdi Zarei
Edit:
Babak Haidari
Composer:
Sattar Oraki
Production Management:
Ali Akbar Zarei
Sound designer:
Alireza Alavian
Sound Edition assistant:
Behzad Mehdizadeh
Colorist:
Hamidreza Fatourehchian
Sindokht Rahimian
