The Third Person

THE THIRD PERSON

Short Film / Fiction / Mystery -Thriller / IRAN / Release Date 2020

A patient runs away from a mental asylum in Iran’s northern forests, and the units of two nearby police stations look for him on the roads.


Director: Pouya Aminpouri

Writer & Editor: Pouya Aminpouri
Cast: Roshanak Gerami, Mojtaba Batvandi , Hooman Rastegar, Siavash Cheraghipour, Maziar Maleki, Farzad Habibzadeh
Director of Photography: Mehrdad Hamidian
Sound: Hamed Hosseinzadeh
Sound Designer: Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimi
Music: Salar Asghari
Casting: Siavash Cheraghipour
V-Fx: Shohreh Dabaghaian
Colour Correction: Pouya Aminpouri
First Assistant Director: Mostafa Salem
Second Assistant Director: Kiarash Forooharnia
Set & Costume Designer: Sara Fallah
Make-up: Sepideh Soleymani
Still Photographer: Shahin Daneshfar
Production Manager: Ali Ghasemian & Saeed Faraji
Executive Producer: Aryan Golsoorat
Producers: Mehrdad Hamidian & Pouya Aminpouri


Biography of Director

Pouya Aminpouri, DOB: Urmia 1990
Pouya is an Iranian filmmaker, best known for his mystery thriller short film “The Wheel”, which earned him four awards in Nahal student short film festival including Best film award in 2016. He received his B.S in civil engineering from Iran’s university of science and technology but following his passion in cinema he changed his major and received his M.A in cinema from Sooreh university of art. He also has been the producer and director of photography of short films such as “The Ashes” directed by “Aryan Golsoorat” which was well received at Fribourg International Film Festival in 2019. He currently is working on a feature film script.

Director Statement

“The Third Person” is a mystery-thriller short film and different in tone and genre from normal Iranian films, which are mostly dramas based on social problems. In this project, Following my previous two short films, I pursued my passion for cinematic linguistics of storytelling, using them to create suspense and express basic human emotions such as fear.


Technical Format

Preview Screen-er Format

  • MP4 H264 (HD 1080, Stereo 320, 48 kHz )
    Exhibition Format:
  • DCP
  • 2K ~ aspect ratio 2.35:1
  • Language: Persian , Subtitle: English

Distributor & Sales Agent: Finish Films

Official Selections:

  • 24th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, South Korea 2020
  • 21th PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Festival) ,Tallinn Estonia 2020
  • 26th Lund International Fantastic Film Festival, Sweden 2020
  • 17th Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival, Slovenia 2021

Awards:

  • Best Short Film in 24th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, South Korea 2020