Short | Fiction
Sona is the story of a girl who must decide how to solve her issues of loneliness, emotional relationships, and her own sexual inclinations in a small and highly traditional society.
Sona has to free herself from the cage that society has constructed for her…
Duration: 15 Minute
Release Date: 2022
Country of Production: Iran
Director: Zahra Torkamanlou
Producer: Zahra Torkamanlou
Awards & Festival Screening:
- WINNER of the Olive branch award in 40th Tehran International Short Film Festival
- 27th Canberra Short Film Festival (Australia)
- 15th Media film festival (USA)
- 8th Indie Meme Film Festival (USA)
- 7th CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival (USA)
- 8th Global Short Film Awards
- 12th Cambodia International Film Festival -Cambodia
- 8th Boston Film festival
- 13th Figari International Short Film Fest
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Director’s Note
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Zahra Torkamanlou
As a young female film director in Iran, I’ve always had many problems. But I have tried to overcome all these problems and make my own films that originated from my inside feelings and preoccupations. My new short film, “Sona”, is the result of one of my inner preoccupations.