Flash-Forward
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 25:00
- Director
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Nima Akbarpour
- Producer
- Nima Akbarpour
- Editor
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Screenwriter
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Director of Photography
- Bahram Farhadtooski
- Production Designer
- Nima Akbarpour
- Sound
- Ensieh Leyla Maleki
- Principal cast
- Ala Koozekanani, Ebbi Kamyab, Nahid Nazemi, Sam Adl, Babak Adl,
- Colourist
- Saman Majd Vafaei
- Dialogue Editor
- Hirad Alavifard
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Nima Media
Nima Akbarpour124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK
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