Melody
By Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
Original title – Melody
International title – Melody
Logline
Thirty children at a cancer centre ask their young, female music teacher to compose a piece for their end of autumn party, using thirty different birdsongs.
Synopsis
Melody teaches music at a centre for cancerous children. The thirty children are having a party at the end of autumn and ask Melody to compose a piece using the sounds of thirty different birds. She goes to her home village to record the birdsong and is helped by the mute caretaker of the family home, Mango. When they find just 20 birds, Mango makes Melody understand that only the old village singer knows where the other birds are, but bird hunters have forced him out of the village. Melody sets out to find both him and the missing birds.
Cast
Diman Zandi (Melody)
Alireza Ostadi (The old singer)
Meghdad Eslami (Mango)
Safar Haqdodov (Groom’s father)
Zulfiya Sadikova (Groom’s mother)
Crew
Written & Directed by – Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
Director of Photography – Ali-Mohammad Ghassemi
Editing – Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
Original Music – Foad Samiei
Sound Designer – Mahmoudreza Mousavinejad
Sound Recordist – Jafar Alian Nasab
Set & Costume Designer – Payam Hossein Souri
Make-Up Artist – Mohammad Zoghi Taleghani
Special Effects – Ali Bahri
Production Manager – Mojtaba Noormohammadi
Executive Producer – Nosir Saidov
Producer – Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
Production Company – NAMA FILM
Co-Producer – Nosir Saidov
Co-Production Company – TV ‘SAFINA’
Awards & Festivals
● Winner of: ‘Best Director of Photography’ Ali-Mohammad Ghasemi – 23rd Imagine India International Film Festival, Madrid, Spain, 2024.
● Winner of: ‘Best Music‘ Foad Samiei – 23rd Imagine India International Film Festival, Madrid, Spain, 2024.
● Winner of: ‘Best Production Designer’ Payam Hossein-Souri – 23rd Imagine India International Film Festival, Madrid, Spain, 2024.
● Winner of: ‘Best Music’ Foad Samiei – 4th İzmir International Film & Music Festival, Turkey, 2024.
● Winner of: ‘Best Actress’ Diman Zandi – 23rd Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh, 2025.
- 54th International Film Festival of India, Goa. November 20-28, 2023. ‘Cinema of the World’ section.
- 21st Chennai International Film Festival, India. December 14-21, 2023.
- 24th Keswick Film Festival, United Kingdom. February 29-March 03, 2024. ‘Competition’section.
- 23rd Imagine India International Film Festival, Madrid, Spain. September 01-16, 2024. ‘Competition’ section.
- 10th Zurich Iranian Film Festival, Switzerland. September 12-19, 2024. ‘Competition’ section.
- 11th Silk Road International Film Festival, Xi’an, China. September 16-25, 2024. ‘Silk Road Visions/Panorama’ section.
- 4th İzmir International Film & Music Festival, Turkey. October 30-November 03, 2024. ‘Competition’ section.
- 17th Eurasia International Film Festival, Almaty, Kazakhstan. November 24-30, 2024. ‘Competition’ section.
- 6th Rain International Nature Film Festival (RINFF), Kattappana, Kerala, India. December 04-05, 2024. ‘Competition’ section.
- 11th Duhok International Film Festival, KRG, Iraq. December 09-16, 2024. ‘Competition’ section.
- Australian Cinémathèque in Brisbane, Australia. QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY | GALLERY OF MODERN ART
Screening dates: February 19 & March 15, 2025. - Cine Club Persan, Grütli Cinemas, Geneva, Switzerland. Screening date: March 18, 2025.
