“The Badger” is the story of a 40-year-old woman called Soodeh Sharifzadegan who faces a strange incident, right before her second marriage.
CREDITS :
Cast
VISHKA ASAYESH (As Soodeh Sharifzadegan)
HASAN MAJUNI (As Peyman Jenabi)
MEHRAVEH SHARIFINIA (As Afra)
BEHNOOSH BAKHTIARI (As Mahindokht)
GOHAR KHEIRANDISH (As Auntie Afsoon)
REZA BEHBUDI (As Sirus Sharifzadegan)
MEHDI HOSEINI NIA (As Rouzbeh)
MOHAMMAD AMIN ASADI (As Matiar)
SIAVASH CHERAGHI POUR (As Exterminator)
MAHMOUD NAZARALIAN (As Mr. Islami)
HAMID REZA MOHAMMADI (As Sajjad Soltani)
NEDA DEHSHIRI
YADOLLAH SHADEMANI
SOHRAB DAMESHGHI
SADEGH HASANI
AIDIN PEZESHKI
MOJTABA ALIZADEH
HOSSEIN FARAHMAND
HAMED SOLEIMANI
ARSHIA AKBARI NEJAD
ALI RANGBARAN
ROGHAYEH AFSHIN POUR
Directing Crew
Scriptwriter and Director: Kazem Mollaie
First Assistant Director and Program Coordinator: Alaleh Hashemi
Script Supervisor: Mahshid Sadeghi
Second Assistant Director: Arshia Bejoshin
Third Assistant Director: Sadra Abdoli
Still Photographer: Yousef Abdolrezaei, Fatemeh Taghavi
Behind the Scenes’ Photography: Mani Arasteh
Press Relations: Arian Amir Khan
Camera Department
Director of Photography: Majid Gorjian
First Camera Assistant: Daruosh Rajaei
Lighting: Mehdi Ebrahimi, Mehdi Rajabi
Filming Crew: Pourya Piryaei, Mehdi Hosseini Khah, Yashar Foroughi, Amir Reza Ahangar, Sobhan Zohreh Nejad
Technical Support: Mohammad Reza Tahmoores (T.R.C)
Thanks to: Hamid Ladoni, Heydar Ehsani, Azaran Tasvir
Set Crew
Production Designer: Monir Razizadeh
First Assistant: Mahmoud Bayati
Scene Manager: Milad Ajoudani
Scene Asisitants: Yasin Rostami, Ali Daghigh
Decorating Crew: Ali Mehri Jafar Abadi, Houshang Yousefi, Ali Karam Soleimani, Ebrahim Alipour
Accessories: Amir Shams Yousefi, Ali Shams Yousefi
Makeup Department
Make-Up Artist: Mahmoud Dehghani
Assistants: Aidin Farzi, Ashkan Afshari Radm Emad Samadi, Parisa Asadi
Postiche: Saeid Sam
Graphic: Maria Meshkat
Costume Department
Costume Designer: Neda Nasr
Assistant Costume Designer: Samira Allameh
Seamstress: Zahra Bahrami
Sound Department
Sound Recordist: Mohammad Kianersi
Assistants: Kaveh Didari, Shahab Moasses, Pourya Pour Rahim
Sound Designer and Mixer: Hosein Abolsedgh
Assistants Sound Editor: Ali Sohani, Mohammad Moharrami
Editing Crew
Editor: Babak Ghaem
Assistant: Hasan Fallah
Music Department
Music Composer: Mehdi Panahi
Assistant: Adel Mehdi Pour
Musicians: Mehdi Panahi, Farshad Shirani, Kourosh Keshavarz
Record, Mix and Mastering: Ali Malek Pour, Mehdi Karimi
Thanks to: Milad Parvizi, Amin Zarasound, Arsham Kiani, Siavash Vali Pour, Iman Amiri, Hamid Reza Zahri
Visual Effects & Title Designer: Amir Mehran (Aduren Studio)
Graphic Designer: Ali Moradi Barani
Official Movie Site: Behrang Parnian
Subtitle Translator: Hoda Lezgi
English Subtitle: Reza Tari Verdi
Production and Logistics
Production Manager: Hamed Azadi
Financial Manager: Rouzbeh Khoshbin
Procurement Manager: Amir Jafari Nejad
Logistics Crew: Saied Azadi, Omid Cheraghi, Ashkan Salehi, Mousa Afrah, Vali Hosseini, Ali Torghi, Ramin Esmaeil Zadeh
Extras Casting Coordinator: Maryam Del Ghamin
Transportation: Allah Mohammad Khosravi, Abolfazl Kohandani, Kamran Az Abadi, Saeid Pezeshk, Ali Fazeli, Hasan Saber, Reza Soleimani, Mehdi Zaker, Seyyed Eshagh Mousavi, Vahid Ahmadian
Cinemobile: Amir Behnam Basirat, Fariborz Vosoughi, Mojtaba Fouladi Nasab
Catering: Kalantar Restaurant, Express Sandwich
Electricity: Karim Janbakhsh
Facility: Mohammad Keshavarzian
Special Effects Crew
Special Effects: Iman Karamin
Special Effects Assistants: Morteza Ramezani, Majid Heydari, Behzad Salimi, Hamid Bayati
Editorial Department
Digital Lab: Pishgamane Cinemaye Arya
Colorists: Houtan Haghshenas, Ali Shabani, Mana Mohammad Taher
Post-Production Coordinator: Hamid Mehrabadi
Digital Cinema Mastering: Nima Nouri, Raein Dado
Scriptwriter and Director
Kazem Mollaie
Producer
Sina Saeidian
IRAN
2020
Festivals & Awards :
1.Nominated for the Best FILM in the “23rd. Shanghai International Film Festival” [ASIAN NEW TALENT AWARD] (CHINA) / July & Aug. 2020
2.Best Narrative Feature Film & Nominated for the Audience Award in the “27th. Austin Film Festival” (USA) / Oct. 2020
3.Nominated for the Grand Prix in the “5th. KineNova International Film Festival” (MACEDONIA) / Oct. 2020
4.Nominated for the Best Narrative Feature Film in the “5th. Salto Independent Film Festival” [Narrative Feature Competition] (URUGUAY) / Oct. 2020
5.Best Fiction Feature Film in the “6th. BangkokThai International Film Festival” (THAILAND) / Oct. 2020
6.Best Foreign Feature & Audience Award in the “29th. Berkeley Film Festival” (USA) / Oct. & NOV. 2020
7.Audience Award (Honorable Mention) & Nominated for the Best Narrative Feature in the “13th. The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival” (USA) / Nov. 2020
8. Nominated for the Best Feature Film in the “15th. Hamilton Film Festival” (CANADA) / Nov. 2020
9. Best Foreign Language Film in the “10th. Weyauwega International Film Festival” (USA) / Nov. 2020
10.Nominated for the Best Feature Film in the “7th. Derby Film Festival” (UK) / Nov. 2020
11.Official Selection in the “15th. Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival” [NETPAC Section] (INDONESIA) / Nov. 2020
12.Nominated for the Best Feature Film in the “9th. Persian International Film Festival” (AUSTRALIA) / Dec. 2020
13.Nominated for the Best Feature Film in the “74th. Salerno International Film Festival” (ITALY) / Dec. 2020
14.Nominated for the Best Film in the “17th. Bahamas International Film Festival” [New Visions Competition] (BAHAMAS) / Jan. 2021
15.Official Selection in the “13th. Sofia MENAR Film Festival” (BULGARIA) / Jan. 2021
16.Nominated for the Best Film in the “13th. Jaipur International Film Festival” (INDIA) / Jan. 2021
17.Nominated for the Audience Award in the “19th. Dhaka international film festival” [Cinema of the World Section] (BANGLADESH) / Jan. 2021
18.Best Drama Feature Film in the “6th. FICMARC - Caribbean Sea International Film Festival” (VENEZUELA) / Jan. 2021
19.Best Thriller Feature Film in the “5th. Prospector International Film Festival” (USA) / Feb. 2021
20. Official Selection in the Lineup of the “6th. Las Cruces International Film Festival” (USA) / March 2021
21.Honorable Mention of Best Narrative Feature in the “21st. Fargo Film Festival” (USA) / March 2021
22.Nominated for the Best Feature Film in the “1st. One People International Film Festival” (SOUTH AFRICA) / April & May 2021
23.Best Feature Film, Best Actress (Vishka Asayesh), Best Ensemble Cast and Audience Best Feature in the “19th.Riverside International Film Festival” (USA) / April & May 2021
24.Official Selection in the “23rd. Maryland Film Festival” (USA) / May 2021
25.Nominated for the Best Feature Film in the “9th. Winchester Film Festival” (UK) / May 2021
26.Nominated for the Best Narrative Feature Film in the “8th. The Fine Arts Film Festival” (USA) / June 2021
27.Nominated for the International Fiction Feature Film Award in the “5th. Portoviejo Film Festival” (ECUADOR) / June 2021
28.Official Selection in the Lineup of the “6th. Barnes Film Festival” (UK) / June 2021
29.Nominated for the Best Audience Award (Narrative Features) and Best Female Actor (Vishka Asayesh) in the “11th. Queens World Film Festival” (USA) / June 23 2021
30.Official Selection in the Lineup of the “19th. Ischia Global Film Festival” (ITALY) / July 2021
31.Best Cinematographer (Majid Gorjian) and Nominated for the Best Festival Themed Film in the "6th. REALTIME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL" (NIGERIA) / July 2021
32.Best Feature Film and Nominated for the Best Production Designer (Monir Razizadeh) in the “4th. Swindon Independent (International) Film Festival” (UK) / July 2021
33.Nominated for the Best Trailer in Motion Prize (Kazem Mollaie) in the “25th. Avanca Film Festival” (PORTUGAL) / July & Aug. 2021
34.Nominated for the Best Audience Award in the INDEPENDENT CINEMA category in the “29th. Chichester International Film Festival” [+WORLD CINEMA SECTION] (UK) / Aug. 2021
35.Nominated for the Best Film in the “15th. Five Lakes Film Festival 2021” (Fünf Seen Film Festival) [BEST OF FESTIVAL - PUBLIC AWARD SECTION] (GERMANY) / Aug. 2021
36.Nominated for the Best Feature Film in the “7th. The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival” (USA) / Aug. 2021
37.PANORAMA section in the “29th. Love is folly Film Festival” (The IFF “Love is Crazy”) [INFORMATION PROGRAM] (BULGARIA) / Aug. & Sept. 2021
38.Nominated for the Best Feature Film in the “18th. Salento International Film Festival” (ITALY) / Sept. 2021
39.Forum section in the “26th. Split Film Festival” (CROATIA) / Sept. 2021
40.Nominated for the Best Narrative Feature in the “14th. Arizona Underground Film Festival” (USA) / Sept. 2021
41.Nominated for the Best Feature Film in the “14th. Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco” (USA) / Sept. 2021
42.Special Jury Award for Acting (Vishka Asayesh) and Nominated for the Best Narrative Feature Film in the “37th. Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival” (USA) / Sept. & Oct. 2021
43.Best Indie Pix Award, Best Actress (Vishka Asayesh) & nominated for the Best Picture and Best Director in the “10th. Winter Film Awards International Film Festival” (USA) /Sept. & Oct. 2021
44.Best Feature Film & Best Screenplay in the “10th. Global Nonviolent Film Festival” (CANADA) /Sept. & Oct. 2021
45.Best Screenwriter (Kazem Mollaie), Best Actress (Vishka Asayesh) & nominated for the Best Film in the “6th. Calella Film Festival” [Low Budget Section] (SPAIN) / Oct. 2021
46.Nominated for the Best Narrative Feature in the “15th. Buffalo International Film Festival” (USA) / Oct. 2021
47.Official Selection in the “Pale blue Section” [Azzurro Pallido, Singolare Maschile] of the “28th. Sguardi Altrove International Women's Film Festival” {LOOKS ELSEWHERE FILM FESTIVAL} (ITALY) / Oct. 2021
48.Nominated for the Best Film in the “9th. Asian Film Festival Barcelona” [OFFICIAL PANORAMA SECTION] (SPAIN) /NOV. 2021
49.Nominated for the Best Dramatic Feature in the “4th. International Strasburg Film Festival” (USA) /NOV. 2021
50.Nominated for the Best Narrative Feature in the “22nd. Ojai Film Festival” (USA) /NOV. 2021
51.Best Director Award (Kazem Mollaie) and nominated for the Best Feature Film in the “17th. Terni Film Festival” {POPOLI E RELIGIONI – TERNI FILM FESTIVAL} (ITALY) /NOV. 2021
52.Nominated for the Best Feature Film in the “6th. Coronado Island Film Festival” (USA) / NOV. 2021
53.Nominated for the Best Feature Length Film in the “10th. Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival” (CANADA) /NOV. 2021
54.Nominated for the Best Feature Narrative in the “15th. Jacksonville Film Festival” (USA) / FEB. 2022