Can I Hug You?
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- Year
- 2023
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 35 min
- Format
- digital
- Director
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Elahe Esmaili
- Producer
- Hossein Behboudi Rad
- Editor
- Delaram Shemirani
- Director of Photography
- Mohamad Hadadi
- Sound
- Ensieh Maleki
- Composer
- Nir Perlman
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