Adjustment
Iran / Fiction / 17’ / 4K / Color / 2022
The nine year-old effeminate boy, humiliated and pushed away by his family and friends makes up his mind to adjust himself to his new identity and comes out to people of his village. Having been through a variety of ordeal, Shahrokh, dressed in girl’s clothes, shows up in the class
Director: Mehrdad Hasani
Script: Farzad Ahmadi
Director of Photography: Pooyan Aghababaie
Producer: Hassan Mohamadi
Editing: Majid Taremi
Sound: Hossein Ghourchian
Cast: Moeid Asoudeh, Mansour Nasiri, Fatemeh Moradi
CV
Mehrdad Hassani is a writer and director, sculptor and a photographer who is from Rafsanjan, Hassani successfully completed the directing courses of Mr. Asghar Farhadi and the acting courses of Mr. Hamid Samandarian. He is also a graduate of Bachelor of Art Studies from Sooreh University of Tehran.
Filmography
Maybe I know 2011
Silence 2013
Daughter 2016
Sheida’s Homework 2020
Adjustment 2022
Festivals Attended
Busan International Short Film Festival, 30th RainDance Film Festival, InterFilm Berlin, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, Vienna Shorts, 42nd FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, KinoFilm Manchester, aGLIFF/PRISM Film Festival, Sedicicorto Forli Film Festival, 27th Seattle Queer Film Festival, 33rd Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, Cinekid, Ankara International Film Festival, 15th luststreifen Film Festival, Festival du film LGBTQI de Paris Chéries-Chéris
Awards
Grand Prix - Busan International Short Film Festival