Delay

A film by

Iran / Italy | 15' | 08/2018 | fiction

A man and his two children are late for their flight. While they wait for the next flight something happens that changes his point of view about being a father.

Square Eyes - Go Short Laurel 2019
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Ali Asgari

Biography

Ali Asgari was born in Tehran, Iran. He is a graduated of cinema in Italy. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talent Campus 2013. Two of his short films “More Than Two Hours”  2013 and “The Silence”  (co-directed by Farnoosh Samadi) 2016 were in Short Film competition at Festival De Cannes. His short film “The Baby” was  premiered in competition of Venice Film Festival 2014. His short films were screened in more than 600 film festivals around the world including Sundance, BFI and Melbourne and won more than 150 international awards. “Disappearance” is his first feature film which was developed at Cinefondation La  Residence of Festival De Cannes had its world and North American premiere in Venice Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival. He is a member of Academy of Oscar.

Filmography

  • Delay – 2018 – short
  • Disappearance – 2017 – feature
  • The Silence – 2016 – short
  • The Pain – 2015 – short
  • The Baby – 2014 – short
  • More Than Two Hours – 2013 – short
  • Barbie – 2012 – short
  • Tonight Is Not a Good Night for Dying – 2011 – short
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Crew

Director: Ali Asgari
Screenplay: Farnoosh Samadi, Ali Asgari
Producer: Three Gardens: Pouria Heidary Oureh
Kino Produzioni: Giovanni Pompili
Cinematographer: Alberto Marchiori, Majid Gorjiyan
Sound Mixing: Michele Gualdrini
Sound Recording: Amir Partozadeh
Sound Design: Matteo Lugara
Editor: Ehsan Vaseghi
Composer: Navid Fashami
Costume & Set Designer: Farnoosh Samadi
Make-Up Artist: Amir Torab
Cast: Mohammad Kamal Alavi, Melina Ghamiloei, Erfan Hazrat Gholizadeh, Sadaf Asgari, Babak Karimi, Banipal Shoomon

Festivals

  • LA Film Festival, United States (20 – 28 September, 2018)
    Official Competition
  • Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom (1 – 15 November, 2018)
    International Short Film Competition
  • Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran (9 – 13 November, 2018)
    National Competition
  • Pendance Film Festival, Canada (31 January – 3 February, 2018)
    Official Selection
  • Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (3 – 7 April, 2019)
    European Competition
  • Leiden International Short Film Experience, the Netherlands (9 – 12 May, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • ShorTS International Film Festival, Italy (28 June – 6 July, 2019)
    Maremetraggio Section
  • Fabriano Film Fest, Italy (31 May – 2 June, 2019)
    Competition
  • Cinestesia Legano Short Film Festival, Italy (15 – 16 June, 2019)
    Competition
  • Capodarco Film Festival, Italy (25 – 29 June, 2019)
    Short film competition
  • Bašta Fest, Serbia (4 – 7 July, 2019)
    Official Competition
  • Cisterna Film Festival, Italy (18 – 21 July, 2019)
    Focus on Asia
  • Toko Film Festival, Italy (27 – 28 July, 2019)
    Competition Won: Best Short Film
  • Out of Bounds Film Festival, Italy (1 – 8 August, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • La Guarimba International Film Festival, Italy (7 – 11 August, 2019)
    Fiction Competition
  • Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany (8 – 12 August, 2019)
    Competition
  • Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, India (15 – 18 August, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • Wiz-Art Lviv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine (19 – 25 August, 2019)
    Competition
  • Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq (9 – 16 September, 2019)
    Out of Competition
  • Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers Festival, Italy (14 – 21 September, 2019)
    Short Film Competition
  • DC Shorts Film Festival, United States (19 – 28 September, 2019)
    Competition
  • Tirana International Film Festival, Albania (23 – 29 September, 2019)
    Retrospective
  • Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco, United States (28 – 29 September, 2019)
    Competition
  • ORVIETO CINEMA FEST, Italy (2 – 5 October, 2019)
    Competition
  • Tacoma Film Festival, United States (3 – 10 October, 2019)
    Competition
  • Sedicicorto International Film Festival, Italy (4 – 13 October, 2019)
    Iranfest
  • Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival, Australia (6 – 9 October, 2019)
    International Competition
  • Tetova International Film Festival, Macedonia (7 – 13 October, 2019)
    Retrospective
  • Schlingel International Film Festival, Germany (7 – 13 October, 2019)
    International Short Film Competition
  • Linz International Short Film Festival, Austria (7 – 10 November, 2019)
    Official Selection
  • CortiSonanti International Short Film Festival, Italy (11 – 16 November, 2019)
    Short Film Competition

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