Aban
Abbas Taheri, Mahdieh Toosi
Aban is a short film about a 9-year-old transgender girl who lives with her mother Nazanin after her parent's divorce. Under constant pressure from her ex-husband, Nazanin should turn Aban away from her feminine taste. One day, while Aban is convinced that she will undergo the surgery she dreams about, she will get circumcised.
This short film has been part of the programme Shorts: Through the Eyes of Others at the Movies that Matter Festival 2023.
Credits
- Director
- Abbas Taheri, Mahdieh Toosi
- Producer
- Pouria Mousavi, Frédéric Dubreuil
- Year
- 2022
- Country of production
- Iran, France
- Type
- Fiction, Short
- Duration
- 15 minutes
- Spoken language
- Persian
- Subtitles
- EN
- World Sales
- The GlobeCSF