RETURN[1] is a 2019 Iranian short film directed, produced and cwritten by Mostafa Gholami.[2] The minute-long film deals with the issues of organ donation and organ transplantation. At the "Big Syn" film festival in London, it was nominated for the best film from the audience's point of view and won the "special mention award" in the Public Service Announcements.[3] This festival is held every year under the supervision of the United Nations. This film has been screened in 15 international festivals.[4][5]
| RETURN | |
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 2019 poster for Return | |
| Directed by | Mostafa Gholami |
| Narrated by | Mojtaba Soltani |
| Distributed by | Daria Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 1 minutes |
| Country | Iran |
| Language | Persian |
| Budget | 1,000 USD |
Background
editMostafa Gholami created the film to promote the idea of organ donation by brain dead patients. The film originally followed a child staring at the clock in a hospital and waiting for an organ transplantation for his father. However, as such ideas have now become commonplace and have no considerable effect on viewers, the director decides to break with the tradition and produce a film with one plan which uses no additional actors or characters.[6]
Storyline
editThe film follows one minute before and after the near death of a patient needing an organ transplant. The clock hands show 23:59, indicating that the patient's life will end 60 seconds later; and the clock body becomes white and the image loses its brightness simultaneously while the second is rotating, which indicates despair, end of life, and a color change in the patient's life. The second hand stops at the second "45", and the image also gets blurry. Then, it suddenly gets clear and the clock body returns to its normal color and the image becomes as bright as it originally was. The second continues its path. The patient's life was saved in the final moments and the organ donation was performed successfully.[7]
Awards and nominations
edit- Getting to the final stage of the 1th "Big Syn" London International Film Festival; and nominated for the best film award from the eyes of the audience; and the winner of the "Special Mention Award" in the "Public Service Announcements".[1]
- Making it to the semi-finals of the 3rd "ESMoA" 60-Second International Film Festival in California.[8]
- The selected of the 8th international Film Festival of 60-second "Mister vorky" in Serbia.[9][10][11][12][13][14]
- The selected of the 6th 60-second international film festival "60SIFF" in Pakistan.
- The Selected by the 13th "Grand Off" International Short Film Festival in Poland.[15]
- The selected of the 3rd International Short Film Festival "under 3 minutes in Wirksworth", in England.
- The Selected of the 6th International Women's Short Film Festival Herat "Hiwff" in Afghanistan.[16]
- The Selected for the 7th "First-Time Filmmaker Sessions" International Short Film Festival in England.
- The Selected by the 13th "LABRFF" International Film Festival in Los Angeles.[17][18]
- The selected of the 1th "Onirica" International Film Festival in Italy.[19]
- The selected for the 1th "New Cinema film & Music Festival" Short Film Festival in United States.
References
edit- ^ a b "Serbia to get 'Return'". ifilm-آیفیلم. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Gholami: When I saw Reza Ruigiri in the nursing home, I remembered "Eight O'clock"!". sahebnews.ir. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Return". Big Syn Institute. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Brazil's RNAB Hosts Lineup of Iranian Films". newspaper Keyhan. 17 March 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2024.
- ^ "New item by Mister Vorky". Google Photos. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "2019 winners & selections". Big Syn Institute. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ Gholami, Mostafa (7 December 2019), Return (Short, Drama), retrieved 23 November 2024
- ^ eugenia. "BLUE/S Screening Series - Having the Blue/s". ESMoA. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "5 Iranian animations to be screened in Serbian film festival - Mehr News Agency". en.mehrnews.com. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Five Iranian shorts to compete in Mister Vorky festival". Tehran Times. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ SNN.IR. "Screening of 5 Iranian short films in Serbia". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "5 Iranian short films will be shown in Serbia". اعتمادآنلاین (in Persian). 22 November 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Screening of 5 Iranian short films in Serbia". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 7 July 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Serbia to meet 'The Father of Trees'". ifilm-آیفیلم. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "'Return' to vie in Poland". ifilm-آیفیلم. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "'Return' to race in Afghanistan". ifilm-آیفیلم. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "'Return' to vie at biggest Brazilian filmfest". ifilm-آیفیلم. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "The films of Arman Qalipurdashtaki, Mostafa Gholami and Mohammad Khalili in two international festivals". shortfilmnews.com (in Persian). Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Fiction_Return - Mostafa Gholami - Onirica Film Festival 2020". Onirica Film Festival. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
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