A fourteen year old boy, forced to provide for his younger siblings after the death of their parents, is driven to quit school and smuggle goods across the Iran/Iraq border.
Written and directed by Bahman Ghobadi
Camera: Bayram Fazli
Edit: Mohammad Ali Sajjadi
Sound Recording: Asad Khoshnood
Music: Ali Kohan Deyri
Technical Affairs: Rasane Pouya
Nezhad Ekhtiardiny, Amene Ekhtiardiny, Mahdi Ekhtiardiny
Special Jury Prize, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, France 1999
Horizon Award, Aspen Shortfest, USA 1999
Grand Jury Prize, St.Petersburg Film festival, Russia 1999
RTP Onda Curta Award, Vila Do Conde Film Festival, Portugal 1999
Grand Jury Prize, Vila Do Conde Film Festival, Portugal 1999
Special Plaque, Montecatini Film Festival, Italy 1999
Best Documentary, Festival Del Cortometraggio, Sienna Italy 1999
Grand Jury Prize, Festival Del Cortomentraggio, Sienna Italy 1999
Grand Jury Prize, Corto Imola Festival, Italy 1999
Grand Jury Prize, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, USA 1999
Special Jury Award, Cinematexas, USA 1999
Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, France
Aspen Shortfest, USA
St. Petersburg Film Festival, Russia
Vila Do Conde Film Festival, Portugal
Montecatini Film Festival, Italy
Cinema Du Reel, France
Tampere International Film Festival, Finland
Nunich Documentary Film Festival, Germany
Seattle Internatinal Film Festival, USA
Short Film Festival Drama, Greece
Huntington International Film Festival, USA
Festival Of Festivals, Denmark
Frankfurter Film Schau International Short Documentary, Germany
Pusan International Film Festival, South Korea
Dokument ART, Germany
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, USA
Corto Imola Festival, Italy
Festival Del Cortometraggio, Sienna Italy
Leipzig International Film festival, Germany
Regensburg Short Film Week, Germany
Cinema Mediterraneen Montpellier, France
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Flickerfest 2000, Sydney, Australia
Museum of Modern Art, New York
54th Flaherty International Film Seminar 21-27 June, 2008, NY
Musuem of Modern Art (Moma) 27-7 July,2008, NY
Producer: Bahman Ghobadi
Video, 27 Minutes, Documentary,
1995