DRESSAGE
By Pooya Badkoobeh
Original title – Dressage
International title – Dressage
First Feature
Synopsis
Golsa is a 16-year-old girl living with her family in a small town near Tehran.
She spends most of her time hanging out with a group of friends.
One day the group decide on a course of action the consequences of which will have unexpected results and turn their little bit of fun into something far more complicated.
The events that follow radically change Golsa’s perspective on life.
Cast
Negar Moghaddam
Ali Mosaffa
Shabnam Moghaddami
Yasna Mirtahmasb
Baset Rezaei
Houshang Tavakoli
Beh Afarid Ghafarian
Shayan Fasihzadeh
Rambod Motalebi
Lotfollah Seifi
Alireza Sanifar
Alireza Aghakhani
Jalal Fatemi
Siamak Adib
Crew
Director – Pooya Badkoobeh
Screenplay – Hamed Rajabi
Director of Photography – Ashkan Ashkani
Editing – Sepideh Abdolvahab
Original Music – Shahab Paranj
Sound Designer – Bahman Ardalan
Sound Recordists – Vahid Moghadasi & Mehdi Saleh Kermani
Set Designer – Keyvan Moghaddam
Costume Designer – Sara Samiee
Make-Up Artist – Mahmood Dehghani
Assistant Director – Amin Khankal
Production Manager – Mehdi Badrloo
Producers – Samira Baradari & Roohollah Baradari
Production Company – Touba Film Co.
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Awards & Festivals
- Winner of: ‘Special Mention Award’ – 68th Berlin International Film Festival 2018, Generation 14plus Competition.
- Winner of: ‘Best First Feature Film Award’ – 36th Fajr International Film Festival, 2018.
- Winner of: ‘Best Actress – Negar Moghaddam’ in ‘Asia New Talent’ section – 21st Shanghai International Film Festival, China 2018.
- Winner of: ‘GOLDEN GAZELLE – Best Film Award’ – 7th Persian Film Festival, Australia, 2018.
- Winner of: 1) ‘Best Screenplay Award’
- Winner of: 2) ‘Special Jury Prize Best First Feature Film‘ – 4th CineIran Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2018.
- Winner of: ‘Best Director Award – Asian Section’ – 17th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) Bangladesh, 2019.
- Winner of: ‘Best Film’ – 8th ÍRÁN:CI, Iranian Film Festival, Prague, Brno and Bratislava, Czech Republic, 2019.
- Winner of: ‘Middle School Students Award’ – 29e Festival Ciné Junior, Paris & Val de Marne, France, 2019.
- Winner of: ‘GOLDEN FIFOG -Best Film Award’ – 14th International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva, Switzerland, 2019.
- Winner of: 1) ‘Best Screenplay Award’
- Winner of: 2) ‘Best performance by an Actress – Negar Moghaddam’ – 24ème Festival International du Cinéma d’Auteur de Rabat, Maroc, 2019.
- Winner of: 1) ‘Best Film Award’
- Winner of: 2) ‘Best Screenplay Award’ – Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon, 2020.
- 68th Berlin International Film Festival, Germany. February 15-25, 2018. ‘Generation 14plus Competition’.
- Fajr International Film Festival, Tehran, Iran. April 19-27, 2018. ‘First Feature Competition’.
- 11th Festival de Granada Cines del Sur, Spain. June 03-10, 2018. ‘Competitive’ section.
- 65th Sydney International Film Festival, Australia. June 06-17, 2018.
- 21st Shanghai International Film Festival, China. June 16-25, 2018. ‘Asia New Talent Award’ section.
- 18th New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw, Poland. July 26-August 05, 2018. ‘Non-Competitive’ section.
- 67th Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia. August 02-19, 2018. ‘Middle East & Africa’ section.
- 8th Sakhalin International Film Festival, Russia. August 24-31, 2018. ‘Non-Competitive’ program.
- 7th Persian Film Festival, Australia. August 30- September 09, 2018. ‘Competitive’ section.
- 16th Pyongyang International Film Festival, North Korea. September 19-28, 2018. ‘Informative screening’ section.
- CPH PIX | BUSTER | Copenhagen Film Festival, Denmark. September 27-October 10, 2018. ‘Competitive’ section.
- 37th Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada. September 27-October 12, 2018. ‘Panorama/World cinema series’.
- 14th Arab Film Festival in Tübingen, Germany. October 05-13, 2018.
- 26th Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival, Toronto, Canada. October 10-21, 2018.
- 32nd Cineuropa, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. November 09-30, 2018. ‘Competitive’ section.
- 8th International Crime & Punishment Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey. November 09-16, 2018. ‘Competitive’ section.
- 4th CineIran Festival, Toronto, Canada. November 16-18, 2018. ‘Competitive’ section.
- 36th International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino, Poznań, Poland. December 02-09, 2018. ‘Competitive’ section.
- 23th International Film Festival of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. December 07-13, 2018. ‘Official World Cinema’ section.
- 16th Chennai International Film Festival, India. December 13-20, 2018.
- 17th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) Bangladesh. January 10-18, 2019. ‘Asian Film Competitive’ section.
- 8th ÍRÁN:CI, Iranian Film Festival, Prague, Brno and Bratislava, Czech Republic. January 15-26, 2019. ‘Competitive’ section
Prague: January 15-20, 2019 │ Brno: January 22 & 23, 2019 │ Bratislava: January 24-26, 2019. - 29e Festival Ciné Junior, Paris & Val de Marne, France. February 13-26, 2019. ‘Competitive’ section.
- 37th Uruguay International Film Festival. April 17-27, 2019. ‘New Directors’, ‘Competitive’ section.
- 14ème Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève (FIFOG), Suisse. April 29-May 5, 2019. ‘Competitive’ section.
- Middle East Now / Global Connections: presented by Middle East Now during the Florentine July 2019. Screening date: July 30, 2019.
- Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul, MSP Iranian Film Festival in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA . August 15-18, 2019,
- 12th Iranian Film Festival, San Francisco, USA. September 28-29, 2019. ‘Competitive’ section
- 30ème Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, France. October 02-14, 2019.
- Yari Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden. October 12 & 13, 2019.
- Cannes Cinéma, zoom sur le Cinema Iranien, Cannes, France. Screening date: October 24, 2019.
- 24ème Festival International du Cinéma d’Auteur de Rabat, Maroc. November 16-22, 2019. ‘Competitive’ section.
- 15e Panorama des cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient (PCMMO), Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, France. March 03-21, 2020.
- Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon. August 2020. ‘Competitive’ section.
