Original Title: KOSHTAN-E KHAJEH
Director & Scriptwriter: Abed Abest
Producer: Shahrzad Seifi
Director of Photography: Hamid Khozouie Abyane
Set Designer: Payman Mohammadi
Music Composer: Christophe Rezai
Editor: Hayedeh Safiyari
Line Producer: Jamshid Ebrahim Kermani
Production Manager: Seyyed Danial Kashanchi
First Assistant of Director and Programmer: Iman Basim
VFX Supervisor: Javad Matouri
Make-Up Artist: Ehsan Ronasi
Costume Designer: Ghazal Alousi
Sound Designer: Ensieh Maleki
Sound Recording: Mohammad Shahverdi
Catering: Hamid Pariz
Production Company: Hich Film
Cast: Ebrahim Azizi (eunuch Khan), Vahid Rad (the father), Misagh Zare (military), Iman Basim (the soldier), Sara Mohammadi (Nasrin), Mah-Sima Kabari (Ahoo)
The serial killer intends slaughter so much that the blood spills over the ditches of the city. To reach this target, he designs a plan in which victims kill victims. The plan carried out and the stream of blood gradually fills the ditches of the city by the people who kill each other.
IRAN, 2021, Running time: 110 min
In Persian & Arabic, Fiction, Crime
Subtitled in: English, French, Italian, Spanish
Surround 5.1 – Dolby standard Mix – EBU-R128 loudness standard
48kHz 24bit wave file format, Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
Camera: Arri Alexa mini, Zeiss master prime and Angenieux zoom lenses
Process: ARRIRAW (3.4K), master format (2k) – Color
DCP: DCI-Scope 2K, FPS: 24
Distributor:
Iranian independent
Contact:
phone: +98 912 319 8693
fax: +98 21 227 1157
info@iranianindependents.com
Worldwide Presence
Festival | Award or Nomination | Section | Country | City | Event Date | |
1 | Nominated | Official Selection (World Premiere) | Estonia | Tallinn | 12-28 Nov 2021 | |
2 | Nominated | ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal | India | Panaji | 20-28 Nov 2021 | |
3 |
| Breakouts Section | USA | Park City, Utah | 27 Jan - 6 Feb 2022 | |
4 | Non-competitive | World Cinema | India | Thiruvananthapuram | 18-22 March 2022 | |
5 | Non-competitive | The fantasy of the year | Taiwan | Taipei | 8-17 April 2022 | |
6 | Nominated | Best Film | Brazil | Porto Alegre | 15 April - 1 May 2022 | |
7 | Non-Competitive | No Limit | Romania | Cluj-Napoca | 17-26 June 2022 | |
8 | Non-Competitive | Feature Narrative | Australia | Perth | 7-17 July 2022 | |
9 | Non-Competitive | Germany | Munich | 13-16 July 2022 | ||
10 |
| VORTEX SCI-FI & FANTASY AWARD | USA | Rhode Island | 8-14 Aug 2022 | |
11 | Non-Competitive | Frame Extended | Croatia | Split | 1-9 Sep 2022 | |
12 | The 6th Wales International Film Festival | Nominated | Experimental Films | UK | Swansea, South Wales | 15-16 Sep 2022 |
13 | The 1st Fantasia Film Festival of Istanbul | | International Feature Films | Turkey | Istanbul | 26 Sept- 2 Oct 2022 |
14 | Nominated | Les nouveaux alchimistes | Canada | Quebec | 2 - 16 Oct 2022 | |
15 | The 1st Meta Film Fest | Nominated | Official Selection | UAE | Dubai | 27 - 19 Oct 2022 |
16 | The 10th Asian Film Festival Barcelona (CASA ASIA) | Nominated | Netpac | Spain | Barcelona | 26 Oct - 6 Nov |
17 | Nominated | New International Cinema | Germany | Braunschweig | 7 - 13 Nov | |
18 | The 6th Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF VI) | Non-Competitive | Vietnam | Hanoi | 8 - 12 Nov | |
19 | The 17th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF17) | Nominated | MAIN COMPETITION | Indonesia | Yogyakarta | 26 Nov- 3 Dec 2022 |
Won, Grand Jury Award
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Reviews and Critics
Website | Author | Reviews and Critics | Article Link |
J.B.Spins  | Joe Bendel | Just think of Abest’s images as the fevered dreams of the father’s tormented sleep [...] If you divorce yourself from a typical viewing experience, Abest offers some absolutely stunning images [...] They almost make viewers' eyes pop out [...] He often leaves us a little lost and never lets us feel “found” again. Instead, he just immerses us in another dreamlike sequence[...] | |
Film Festival Today  | Christopher Llewellyn Reed | Confusion has never seemed so engaging [...] | |
Drink in the Movies  | Alexander Reams | [...] combined with the crazy cinematography (that had enough dutch angles to rival a Joel Schumacher “Batman” picture) of Hamid Khozouie Abyane and you have a film that has imagery so fascinating it sears itself into your brain. [...] | |
The Film Stage  | Jared Mobarak | Who else can be considered a serial killer pulling strings of others to kill in their name? ... We’re talking about militaries. Nations. Governments who indoctrinate their citizens into sacrificing their lives for a greater good that ultimately benefits the people in power more than the families of their soldiers [...] He’s showing us a horrible truth removed from justifications that are never enough [...] | |
ScreenFish  | Darrel Manson | But it is the most visually interesting film from my Slamdance sampling so far [...] | |
Film Threat  | Michael Talbot-Haynes | [...] with the image composition radiating majesty from every frame. Most of this is achieved with overhead shots and angles [...] This visual feast is enhanced further by Christophe Rezai’s magnificent score. The music adds elegance and strength to the images, raising the already spectacular visuals even higher [...] Seldom have the horrors of war have been so well shown in such a spectacularly surreal way [...] | |
Unseen Films | Steve Kopian | I will be forever haunted by the images in this film [...] There was something about the way the film played out that left me feeling uneasy. Something about it kicked me in the chest. [...] | |
Bain's film Reviews | Kyle Bain | In the past year we have seen films like Eternals and Dune. These films have been regarded by everyone (audiences and critics alike) as visual masterpieces that appeal greatly to the eye and captivate anyone watching. Killing the eunuch Khan compares to those aforementioned films [...] | |
Ja Viu?  | Publicado por fabilipo | The film is a direct child of an unusual marriage between the Chilean master Jodorowsky and the Russian master of masters Tarkovsky [...] |
