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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 film
Shorts
Running time
19 min 56 sec
Format
digital
Director
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

Genre

Human Rights Woman Director Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

OPC Productions and Intermission Films

Tara Aghdashloo

Sales Company

Festival Formula

Katie Bignell

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