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NEST<\/h1>\n

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Iran\u00a0 \u00a02025 \/ 13\u2032<\/p>\n

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a film by<\/em>
\nSayed Ali Hashemi<\/strong><\/p>\n

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with<\/em>
\nShamila Shirzad
\nMehrnoosh Hajikhani
\nSepide Molavi
\nAhmadreza Hashemi
\nAmirhosein Mashayekhi
\nMasoud Jafari<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Screenplay<\/em><\/td>\nSayed Ali Hashemi
Malihe Aghaei<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Director of Photography<\/em><\/td>\nAdib Sobhani <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production Design<\/em><\/td>\nHamed Aslani <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Costume Design<\/em><\/td>\nShohre Samimi<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Editor<\/em><\/td>\nShahin Sabzravan<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Composer<\/em><\/td>\nPayam Azadi <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sound<\/em><\/td>\nOmid Karim Shoar<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Producer<\/em><\/td>\nIlhan Shah<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production Company<\/em><\/td>\nIlhan Pro<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distribution<\/em><\/td>\nEsen Studios<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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  • Reggio Film Festival<\/strong> \u00a0Italy, 2025\u00a0
    INTERCULTURAL VISIONS AWARD<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Festival Tulipani di Seta Nera<\/strong> \u00a0Italy, 2026\u00a0
    BEST INTERNATINAL SHORT
    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    BEST EMERGING SMILE<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Festival Inventa un Film Lenola<\/strong>\u00a0 Italy, 2026
    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    • GENERATION Fleadh<\/strong> \u00a0Ireland, 2025<\/li>\n
    • Capital City Film Festival<\/strong> \u00a0USA, 2026<\/li>\n
    • Aaretaler Kurzfilmtage<\/strong> \u00a0Switzerland, 2025<\/li>\n
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    • Beeston Film Festival<\/strong> \u00a0UK, 2026<\/li>\n
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    • Reggio Film Festival<\/strong> Italy, 2025<\/li>\n
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    • Inventa un Film – Lenola<\/strong> Italy, 2026<\/li>\n
    • Festival Tulipani di Seta Nera<\/strong> Italy, 2026<\/li>\n
    • Metricamente<\/strong> Italy, 2026<\/li>\n
    • E Fu Cinema – Short Film Festival<\/strong> Italy, 2026<\/li>\n
    • VisualFest<\/strong> Italy, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      Sayed Ali Hashemi<\/h2>\n

      Sayed Ali Hashemi was born in 1997. He is Afghan but lives and works in Iran. He studied at IAUM (Islamic Azad University of Mashhad ) at bachelor’s degree in computer engineering. Since 2018 he has been working as a professional lighting crew in over one hundred short films, five series and five feature films.<\/p>\n

      Nest is his first short as director.<\/p>\n

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