The Last Days of Winter

The Last Days of Winter

Original title: Akharin rouzhaye zemestan
Type: Documentary

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Crew:
Written and Directed by:
Mehrdad Oskouei
Director of Photography: Ashkan Ashkani
Editing: Farid Daghagheleh
Music: Morteza Saedi
Sound Recorder: Hadi Saed Mohkam
Sound Mixer: Hossein Mahdavi
Director’s consultant: Babak Karimi
Producer: Mehrdad Oskouei
Production Company: Oskouei Film Production
Production Country: Iran
Year: 2011
Running Time: 52min     
Shooting format: HDV; colour
Screening format: HD CAM, Digibeta
Sound: Mono
Ratio: 16/9     
Original version: Persian
Subtitled in: English or French

Festival debut:
* 24th IDFA, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2011, The Netherlands. « Reflecting Images: Panorama & DOC U section ».

Award:
* Winner of: *BLACKBERRY IDFA DOC U AWARD*

Press kit :

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Synopsis:
The last few days of winter and Tehran prepares for the Iranian New Year. The camera follows the lives of 7 teenagers, inmates in a children’s correctional unit. We share their thoughts about what brought them there and the means of escape from a cruel destiny.