The Warden

Sorkhpoust

60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

1960s, in Shah-era Iran. The curtain rises in an isolated prison, scheduled for demolition, where soon-to-be-promoted major Jahed is quivering with pride. His pompous authority though is about to slip away when he finds out that a death-row prisoner has vanished into thin air. As a paradoxical manhunt sets off, Jahed is joined by an attractive female social worker, with whom they are working at cross-purposes: she is convinced that the impoverished escapee has been framed. A clock-ticking thriller set in the Kafkaesque labyrinth of an empty prison, where absolute power is demystified to the point of collapse.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Nima Javidi

Script: Nima Javidi

Cinematography: Hooman Behmanesh

Editing: Emad Khodabakhsh

Sound: Iraj Shahzadi

Music: Ramin Kousha

Actors: Nav id Mohammadzadeh, Parinaz Izadyar, Mani Haghighi, Setareh Pessyani, Habib Rezaie, Atila Pessyani

Production: Iranian Independents

Producers: Majid Motalebi

Costumes: Shima Mirhamidi

Executive producer: Mehdi Badrloo

Sets: Mohsen Nasrollahi

Make Up: Iman Omidvari

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Iran

Production Year: 2019

Duration: 90´

Distribution in Greece: Neo Films

Contact: Iranian Independents, info@iranianindependents.com

Awards/Distinctions: Best Directing – Fajr FF 2019

Nima Javidi

Nima Javidi is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. His first feature Melbourne (2014) which was the opening film in Venice Film Festival’s Critics' Week, has attended more than 90 festivals around the world and received 14 international awards, including Best Film in Cairo Film Festival, Best Script in Stockholm Film Festival, Best Script in Asia Pacific Awards, Best Director and Best script in Gijon Film Festival. His last project is The Actor series, which won the Grand Prize in Series Mania Festival and Honorable Mention in Serien Camp Festival and was nominated for Best Miniseries, Best Script, and Best Actor in the Seoul Drama Awards.