Khatemeh
Awards
Nominations
She should get married!
Plot
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
Winning films of the fifth edition of MyART International Film Festival
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
Interview with Hadi and Mehdi Zarei
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
Khatemeh has been named among the best Asian documentaries of 2020
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; One of the most shocking documentaries of the latest years
Khatemeh won the Best Documentary Feature Award at the Herat International Women’s Film Festival
Iranian cinema big winner of Herat Intl. Women’s Film Festival
Iranian cinema was the big winner at the 6th Herat International Women’s Film Festival (HIWFF) as movies from the country garnered awards in six categories of the Afghan event on Thursday.
Movies from Iran line up for Herat women’s festival
Art and Experience: A lineup of 14 movies from Iranian filmmakers will be competing in the 6th Herat International Women’s Film Festival (HIWFF), which will take place in the Afghan city from November 16 to 19.
Iranian film Khatemeh awarded special mention at Italian festival
Iranian documentary ‘Khatemeh,’ directed by Hadi and Mehdi Zarei, received a special mention at the LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival in Italy.
Iranian documentary Khatemeh has received the Special Mention
Iranian documentary ‘Khatemeh’ has received the Special Mention of the Jury in the Human Rights Feature Movie section of Life After Oil International Film Festival in Italy, September 8-13.
Khatemeh heads to Spain
The 2020 FicoNova Int’l Film Festival in Spain has selected to screen ‘Khatemeh’ from Iran.
Cast and Crew
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