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A realist tale of the Woman Life Freedom movement in Iran.

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Amid rising tensions in Iran, three teenage girls risk everything to advocate for freedom and women's rights, but when one defies orders and is killed, her friends must destroy evidence to save their lives.

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Cast

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Viona Moarefi
Sahar

Viona Moarefi is a young actress based in the GTA of ON, Canada. She was classically trained at George Brown College for two years and is now a working actress who appears in short/feature films, commercials, vertical series and more. She is known for her roles in For His Name Sake, Open Wide, Begin Again, For Dawn as well as many more films.

Morvarid Alinejad
Teacher

Morvarid Alinejad, an Iranian-Canadian actress fluent in English and Farsi, began acting at age 2 and won Best Child Actress in Tehran at 7. A Toronto Film School graduate, her credits include Peace in Pain, Paranormal Revenge, and Hours to Kill. She’s also directed short films and worked with notable industry figures.

Students

Rose Dehgan

Sarah Iranca

Sepideh Dibadin

Shahla Fatah

Tina Valiz

Maryam Khalil

Police Officers

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Team

Writer & Director
SETAREH SALEH

Executive Producers
SETAREH SALEH
MASOOD ASHRAFI
REZA JOZI


Producers
TOFUNMI ADEBISE
SARA FAKHR


Associate Producer
NAKTA PAHLEVAN

Director of photography
MATTHEW LABRA

Editor
EBI BADAVI

Music Composer
ALI AZIZIAN

Production Designer
NILOUFAR ZIAEE

Costume Designer
MONA AZARI

Hair and Makeup Artist
TASHINGA CHAUMA

Cast

Mahtab

KIMIA KALANTARI

Noor
MARYAM FARA

Sahar
VIONA MOAREFI

The Principal
NAKTA PAHLEVAN

The Teacher
MORVARID ALINEJAD

Female Officer
LEILA BAKHSHI
BLUE OZAR


Male Officer
ALIREZA NONAHAL
AMIRALI MOKHTARIAN


Students
ROSE DEHGANPOUR
SEPIDEH DIBADIN
SARAH IRANCA
SHAHLA FATAH
TINA VALIZ
MAREIM KHALIL


Crew

Production Manager

KIMBERLY MILER-PRYCE

1st Assistant Director
LENKA STRUPLOVA

2nd Assistant Director
MRIDUL AHLUWALLA

Script Supervisor
TINA MEHRI

1st Assistant Camera
PRASANN PETAL

2nd Assistant Camera,
Data Management Technician

NICOLAS MONGILLIO

3rd Assistant Camera
FERNANDA ALDANA

Gaffers
THOMAS PERCHE
CHRIS PERKINS
TIMUR ALIEV


Key Grip
MICHAEL ARENA

Grips
ALI ROSTAMIAN
KURT PUN


Swings
JOE LANGBALLE
THOMAS PERCHE
MICHELLE LUE


Art Director
ANONYMOUS

Set Dresser
SAHAR ZIAEE
BEHROOZ SEYFI


Art Assistant 
ANONYMOUS
IVANNA KASHIRSKAYA
RINETTE GAYOMA


SFX Makeup Artist
SAMANTHA RYAN

Sound Mixer/ Recordist
JESSE WHITTY

Boom Operator Assistance
IVANNA KASHIRSKAYA

Key Production Assistance
MICHELLE LUE

Production Assistance
FERNANDA ALDANA
MIKHAELA MARIE AROCHA


Production Driver
CALEB PHILLIPS

 
BTS
LONG NGUYEN LE
ERFAN TOHIDINIA
PAIGE THOMSON


Post Production

Post Producer

SARA FAKHR

Post-Production Services By
REDLAB

Project Manager
LUBIN J. MARTINEZ

Colourist
ABE WYNEN

Online Editor
KC PICKETT

Lab Technician
ERICA SCIOSCIA

Sound
TBD

VFX Artist
Grzegorz Dorochowicz

Graphic Design
Underline Studio

Musicians

Taar

MATIN ESHAGHI

Singer
MARYAM FARA

Special Thanks
FOROOZAN JALAEIFAR
AHMAD REZA TABRIZI
ALI WASHAH
REVOLT CAMERA
CHARLES STREET VIDEO
PICTURE PERFECT PACKAGE

 

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