KWESTAN

Type:
Fiction

Duration:
9 mins

Year:
2024

Director:
Fatemeh Bakhshipour and Ali Bahmani

Producer:
Fatemeh Bakhshipour

Country:
Kurdistan (Rojhelat)

Languages:
Kurdish

Subtitles:
English

“KWESTAN,” a short film by Ali Bahmani and Fatemeh Bakhshipour, explores women who are oppressed by their culture and politics and cannot protect their rights for fear of honor killings.

Fatemeh Bakshipour: She is an architect and a graduate of Azad Film Cinema School and the Iranian Youth Cinema Association, and she studied the art of screenwriting professionally under the supervision of Oktay Brahni.

Ali Bahmani: Graphics expert from the University of Culture and Arts and graduated from the Young Cinema Association and Karnameh Cultural and Art Institute and Arad Film School and filming instructor at the Young Cinema Association – learned the art of screenwriting.