Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness

credits

World Premiere

January 2020

Original Version

Iranian (french/english/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 89 min.

Production

JBA Production, Ali Mosaffa Productions, VOO-BE TV, Niko Film, Close Up Films, AMOUR FOU Luxembourg sàrl, ZDF/ARTE, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, SRG SSR, Schortcut Films, Tita Productions

Producer

Jacques Bidou, Marianne Dumoulin, Nicole Gerhards, Joëlle Bertossa, Flavia Zanon

directed by

Massoud Bakhshi

Written by

Massoud Bakhshi

Editing

Jacques Comets

Location Sound Mix

Dana Farzanehpour

Sound Editing

Benjamin Benoit

Re-Recording Mix

Denis Séchaud

Cast

Sadaf Asgari
Behnaz Jafari
Babak Karimi
Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales

Pyramide International

Worldwide Distribution

Germany

Little Dream Entertainment GmbH Distribution
Release date: 27.08.2020

Switzerland

Sister Distribution Distribution
Release date: 21.10.2020

Awards

(a selection)

• Park City, Sundance Film Festival, World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic 2020 (Winner)
• Paris, L'Académie des Lumières, Coproduction Internationale 2021 (Nomination)

Festivals

(a selection)

• Solothurn, 56. Solothurner Filmtage
  20.01.2021 - 27.01.2021
• Tallinn, 24th PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival (hybridCorona – online and onsite edition)
  13.11.2020 - 29.11.2020
• Cork, 65th Cork Film Festival (cancelledCorona - digital alternative)
  08.11.2020 - 15.11.2020
• Warsaw, 36th Warsaw International Film Festival (hybridCorona - onsite and online edition)
  09.10.2020 - 18.10.2020
• Vancouver, 39th Vancouver International Film Festival (cancvelledCorona - digital alternative)
  24.09.2020 - 07.10.2020
• Karlovy Vary, 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (cancelledCororna - digital alternative)
  03.07.2020 - 11.07.2020
• Berlin, 70. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
  20.02.2020 - 01.03.2020
• Park City, 36th Sundance Film Festival
  23.01.2020 - 02.02.2020