Empty Your Pockets
Synopsis
Official Selection Black Star Film Festival BSFF 2024
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 19 min 56 sec
- Format
- digital
- Director
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Tara Aghdashloo
- Producer
- Michelle Koerssen, Tara Aghdashloo
- 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
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
OPC Productions and Intermission Films
Tara AghdashlooSales Company
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