File

Drama, Iran, 2022, 20:00 min

Persian with English subtitles

A 6-year-old mute boy and his mother attend a pre-school health screening. As the boy is being assessed by a speech therapist, he acts differently, which complicates the situation.

Credits

PRODUCTION COMPANY

LIGHTS ON

PRODUCER

Payman Shadmanfar

DIRECTOR

Sonia K. Hadad

DOP

Mohammad Rasouli

SCRIPT

Sonia K. Hadad

EDITING

Ehsan Vaseghi

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Mohsen Nassrollahi

SOUND DESIGN

Ramin Abousedgh

CAST

Amirali Taherabadi, Mahin Sadri, Elaheh Afshari, Javad Pouladi, Mojtaba Rajabi

About the director(s)

Sonia K. Hadad

Sonia K. Hadad is an Iranian writer and director. Born in Tehran, she studied Film and Media Arts (M.F.A.) at Emerson College in Boston. The Box (2016), Personal (2017), Exam (2019) and File (2022) are her four short films. Exam was selected in more than 150 film festivals and it was qualified for The Academy Awards.