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Eventive
Virtual May 2 - 4, 2025
Texas Premiere
Dadresi (The Claimant)
Iran | Short
2024 | 20 mins | Persian
Fajr International Film Festival, Iran - Winner Best Short Film
Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran - Winner Best Direction
Accolade Global Film Competition, United States - Winner Best Woman Filmmaker
“Claimant" is about a father who discovers that his teenage daughter was assaulted and raped, so he decides to confront and punish the rapist, but since the culprit is a very proficient lawyer he uses laws in a way that he not only escapes from justice but also legally make the father the criminal.

Restoration Process
About the Artist

I was born in 1979. I studied cinema and dramatic literature in art university and I received my PHD in art research. For many years I was mostly active in academic fields and I taught interdisciplinary courses between art and humanities in universities such as the Art university of Tehran. In recent years I have increased my artistic activities such as screenwriting. I had rewritten the script of "Conjugal Visit" (2021) (directed by Omid Shams). Claimant is my first short film as a writer and director.

Trailer
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Credits
Thank you to our community partners for this screening!
This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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