CLOWNS

CLOWNS
Microfilm / Fiction / IRAN 2019

A disabled woman needs a hand to pick up a product at a store.

Synopsis:
A disabled woman – sitting on a wheelchair – needs a hand to pick up a product at a store , but there is nobody in the aisle. After a while, a disabled man – who is also sitting on a wheelchair and wears a clown’s nose – enters the aisle . The man stands up – he is not disabled – and gives the product to the woman. The voice of a boy is heard calling his father. The man sits on his wheelchair and goes to the boy. The boy is sitting on a wheelchair – a real disabled – and wears a clown’s nose too . The father and son are busy with a wheelchair speeding race.

Director: Mehdi Yousefali

Writer: Mahdi Yousefali
Cast: Taha Yazdani , Amir reza Ghorbani , Forogh Saadat
Cinematographer: Alireza Talebi
Sound Recorder: Majid Nejati
Costume & Set Designer: Mahdi Yousefali
Editor: Mahdi Yousefali
‏Sound Designer & Music: Majid Nejati
Director Assistant: Mohammad Reza Arabzadeh
Cinematographer Assistant: Hosein Aghabeigi
Production Manager: Hadi Yousefali
Producer: Mahdi Yousefali

Distributor: Finish Films

Official Selections:

  • 18th Picture This… Film Festival,Canada 2019
  • 5th The Extraordinary Film Festival, Belgium 2019
  • 18th International Festival of Red Cross and Health Films, Bulgaria 2019
  • 11th Focus on Ability Short Film Festival, Australia 2019
  • 12th International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh 2019
  • Parvaz Film Festival, Iran 2019
  • 100 Second Film Festival, Iran 2019
  • We Care Film Festival, India 2019