Out of Frame
Directed, Written & Produced By
Amina Maher
Production Year: 2015
Completion Year: 2024
Short Film (Completed) | Genre: Social Drama | Runtime: 15 Min | Original Language: Farsi | Subtitle: English, German
Sound: 5.1 Surround Mix | Shooting Format: 4K | Frame Rate: 25 | Color, 4K, 16:9 | Germany-Iran
Status: Sound Design and Mix, Color Grading
The names of Cast & Crew have not been mentioned to protect their identities due to difficult censorship in Iran.
Directed & Written by
Amina Maher
Produced by
Amina Maher
The Main Acting Role
Hoda Taheri
Edit
Natalie Kinscher
Amina Maher
Sound
Alexei Galar
Patrick Gasda
Dialogue Edit
Maximilian Kutsche
FILM POSTER - Elsa Klée Out of Frame
Logline:
Living in the confinement of a shared apartment with her controlling mother,
Narges is soon confronted with the traumatic situation that women face under patriarchy.
A sensitive, brave account about womanhood in modern-day Iran.
Synopsis:
Isolated in their inner-city apartment in Tehran, Narges and her controlling mother pierce through the layers to the core of their conflict. While Narges longs for modern, free womanhood, her mother maintains her socially imposed conservative role. Yet, both women have a secret. And so the patriarchal society, which continues to produce male perpetrators and female victims, using taboos and shame, to maneuver Narges into a traumatic situation.
Logline & Synopsis by Judith Rose Gyabaah
FILM STILLS Out of Frame © Amina Maher