‘Behind the Night’ picked for Hamburg’s unDependence festival
An Iranian short film, ‘Behind the Night,’ will screen in January at the fifth unDependence Film Festival in Hamburg, marking another international outing for Iran’s independent cinema on the European circuit.
Directed by Amir Pirveisi, ‘Behind the Night’ centers on a father pushed to desperate measures to cover the medical costs of his young daughter, who suffers from epidermolysis bullosa, a rare and debilitating genetic condition commonly known as butterfly disease. The film traces the moral and emotional toll of poverty and parental obligation through a tightly framed, character-driven narrative, ILNA wrote.
The screenplay was co-written by Mahsa Yazdani Olfat and Zahra Zare’ Rafie, whose script anchors the story in everyday realism while building towards a stark ethical dilemma.
The cast features Amin Miri, Yasna Azizi and Mahdieh Sarlak, whose performances carry the film’s restrained tone and social urgency.