Phobos

Documentary Film

Iran/Germany/France,15 min, 2023

A poetic and experimental short documentary that transcends the fear of war and destruction. With a surrealistic picture of getting lost in a town known to Mina (The Director of the film ), looking for her home, family, and friends narrates her constant nightmare of an abandoned city.

This short documentary film developed in a collective work “Iran: A Sense of Place” with Wim Wenders mentorship.

Director & Writer: Mina Keshavarz
Director of photography: Amin Behroozzadeh
Cinmeatographer: Sepehr Rezaei
Editor: Hamila Moayed
Sound Designer & Composer: Amin Behroozzadeh
Sound Recordist: Hassan Shabankareh
VFX Artist: Peyman Keshavarz
Color Grading: Hamidreza Fatourechian, Borna Jamshidi
Production Manager: Shokooh Moghimi
Producers: Afsun Moshiri, Hamidreza Pejman

Selected Screening :

  • CPH:Dox International Film Festival , 2023
  • BelDox International Film Festival, 2023
  • Sheffield Doc/Fest International Documentary Film Festival, 2023
  • Kerala International Short and Experimental Film Festival
  • European Film Festival, Rome, 2023
  • Linz International Film Festival, 2023
  • DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, 2023
  • Filmic Experiment in Ethnography , Athen Ethnography Film Festival , 2023
  • Sinema Transtopia, Berlin Premiere, 2024
  • Millennium Against Gravity International Short Film Festival, 2024
  • Boston City Hall, 2024
  • MEP (Maison de La Photography) Paris, 2024
  • Iranian Film Festival, Paris 2024
  • Seoul Women Film Festival, Seoul, 2024