Project Detail

Empty Your Pockets

Synopsis

Hassan is a young airport customs officer who must secure an advance on his salary for his mother’s medication. As the dark side of his job becomes more clear, Hassan must decide what matters to him the most, and what cost he is willing to pay, navigating a totalitarian system.
Official Selection Black Star Film Festival BSFF 2024

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Details

Year: 2024
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 19 min 56 sec
Format: digital
Director: Tara Aghdashloo
Producer: Michelle Koerssen, Tara Aghdashloo
Co-Producer: Nedda Sarshar
Executive Producer: Sam Cryer, Harland Weiss, Caterina Jackman, Jason Aita, Sahar Yousefi, Isil Gilderdale, Emily Harris, Donovan Boden
Editor: Abolfazl Talooni
Screenwriter: Tara Aghdashloo
Director of Photography: Farhad Ghaderi
Production Designer: Hope Little
Sound: Ensieh Maleki
Composer: Peformativity Ltd.
Principal cast: Kiarash Dadgar, Amir Zavosh, Bahman Dadui, Armin Lou, Peyman Shariaty, Leyla Shamshiri, Nikta Atapour, Farshideh Nasrin, Toomaj Danesh Behzadi, Banafsheh Taherian

Genre

Human Rights Woman Director Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

OPC Productions and Intermission Films

Tara Aghdashloo

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Sales Company

Festival Formula

Katie Bignell

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