About Me
Netherlands / Fiction / 15' / 4K / Color / 2022
Young Fatima holds a secret that could change her fate; she must place her trust in a doctor to make a tough decision between cultural tradition and medical ethics.
Director: Ali Asgari
Script: Ali Asgari
Director of Photography :Yavuz Selim Isler
Producer: Maryam Tarami
Music: Aron Gunst
Editing: David Heemstra
Sound: Camiel Povel, Coen Bruins
Cast: Mayra Pitambersingh, Alan Yadegarian, Winnie Augustus
CV
Born in Iran, Ali Asgari is a prominent Iranian cinema figure with more than 200 awards to his name.
Two of his shorts (More Than Two Hours, 2013 and The Silence, 2016) were nominated for Palme d'Or at Festival de Cannes and The Baby was in short film competition of Venice Film Festival 2014.
Ali's films are concerned with precarious lives who live at society's margin in his native country Iran.
His debut feature film Disappearance was developed at the Cinafondation residency of Festival De Cannes and had its world and North American premiere at Venice International Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival 2017.
Until Tomorrow, his second feature film, premiered at Berlinale 2022.
Ali is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Filmography
More Than Two Hours 2013
The Silence 2016
The Baby 2014
Disappearance 2017
Until Tomorrow 2022
Festivals Attended
Warsaw Film Festival
PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Festival)
Corto Dorico Film Festival
BUFF Malmö Filmfestival
Movies that Matter Festival
Dieciminuti Film Festival
San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival