2023 - 68th Edition
Alchemies

CRITICAL ZONE

Ali Ahmadzadeh
Iran, Germany
 - 2023

Amir leads a lonely life. With his dog for sole company, he drives through the underworld of Tehran, dealing drugs of all kinds and healing troubled souls like a modern prophet. He navigates the city streets aimlessly, following the directions of his GPS while getting high to escape a town with no future. And yet, in his wandering he will find the seed of resistance.

Ali Ahmadzadeh

He was born in Tehran in 1986. Despite being qualified in architecture, his interest in music led him to graduate from the Neinava Music University. He is also a graduate in Film Directing from Iranian Young Cinema Society. After shooting the short films ‘Pinned’ (2007), ‘Advantage’ (2009), ‘Collage’ (2011) and ‘Zanjan’ (2012), in 2013 he made his feature film debut with ‘Kami’s Party’, which was selected at festivals in Tallinn, London, Florence or San Francisco, among others. In 2015 he directed ‘Atomic Heart’, which participated in competitions such as Bafici, Hong Kong, Zurich or Filmadrid. ‘Critical Zone’ (2023) is his third long feature, and it won the Golden Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival.

DIRECTOR
Ali Ahmadzadeh
SCREENPLAY
Ali Ahmadzadeh
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Abbas Rahimi
EDITOR
Ali Ahmadzadeh
SOUND
Hassan Mahdavi, Mehdi Behboodi, Parsa Asheghan, Christian Obermaier, Jochen Jezussek
MUSIC
Milad Movahedi
PRODUCTION
Sina Ataeian Dena, Ali Ahmadzadeh
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Counterintuitive Film
CAST
Amir Pousti, Shirin Abedinirad, Alireza Keymanesh, Saghar Saharkhiz, Mina Hasanlou, Saba Bagheri, Alireza Rastjou, Maryam Sadeghiyan
RUNNING TIME
99 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2023
VERSION
O.V. in Farsi subtitled in English and Spanish
COUNTRY
Iran, Germany
CONTACT

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