Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness
Yalda, la nuit du pardon
France / Germany / Switzerland / Luxembourg / Iran, January 2020
FILM,
Fiction,
89 min.
- directed by
- Massoud Bakhshi
- Written by
- Massoud Bakhshi
- Status
- In distribution
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