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 Festival Internacional De Cine De Huesca #54FICH 2026
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28 min  /  French  /  2025
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dar mohasereh
Besieged  Kiarash Ardeshirpour 
Apr-2026


16'  Farsi Iran



An oppressed mother in Tehran, devises a staged plan to escape. At the very last moment her secret plan for freedom, turns into a nightmare as her little girl goes missing after school. Trapped where her lies began, she must live it all again — this time, her desperate lie has become reality.


An oppressed mother in Tehran, devises a staged plan to escape. At the very last moment her secret plan for freedom, turns into a nightmare as her little girl goes missing after school. Trapped where her lies began, she must live it all again — this time, her desperate lie has become reality.


  English 

Category:  Fiction 

Genre:  Drama 

Recommended Age:  12+



 
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Director


Kiarash Ardeshirpour

Iran
Biofilmography

Kiarash Ardeshirpour, born in 1992, is an Iranian screenwriter and filmmaker based in Tehran. After leaving a software engineering program to pursue acting, he transitioned into cinema, gradually discovering his voice through screenwriting and directing. He later earned a BA in Film Editing from Tehran University of Applied Science and Technology in 2023.
He wrote his first short, "Hamster", directed by Fatima Nofely, which is the co-production of Iran and France and has started its festival circuit with Brussels International Film Festival 2024.
"Besieged" is his debut short film as a director.

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Producer


Hamed Anvari

Iran
Biofilmography

Kiarash Ardeshirpour, born in 1992, is an Iranian screenwriter and filmmaker based in Tehran. After leaving a software engineering program to pursue acting, he transitioned into cinema, gradually discovering his voice through screenwriting and directing. He later earned a BA in Film Editing from Tehran University of Applied Science and Technology in 2023.
He wrote his first short, "Hamster", directed by Fatima Nofely, which is the co-production of Iran and France and has started its festival circuit with Brussels International Film Festival 2024.
"Besieged" is his debut short film as a director.



Cast & Crew

Sonia Sanjari
Lead actor / actress

 
Ali Ehsani
Director of photography

 
Mohammad Abolhassani
First assistant director

 
Hadi Manavipoor
Sound

 
Ehsan Salempoor
Production sound mixer

 
Farhad Nasiri
Associated producer

 
Kiarash Ardeshirpour
Co-writer

 
Majid Barzegar
Co-writer

 
Leila Naghdi Pari
Costume designer

 
Hosna Khanmohammadi
Make-up artist

 
Saman Vafaie Majd
Colourist

 
Sahar Manouchehri
Digital effects

 
Sanaz Khakpour
Digital effects

 
Ardalan Moghaddam
Stills Photographer

 
Kiarash Ardeshirpour
Poster Creator

 
Selections
 Selected 
Brussels Short Film Festival
 April 2026 
Belgium
 Selected 
La Asian Pacific Film Festival
 April 2026 
United States


 


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23:59 GMT+02:00


  
 
 
 
 
besieged
Kiarash Ardeshirpour

An oppressed mother in Tehran, devises a staged plan to escape. At the very last moment her secret plan for freedom, turns into a nightmare as her little girl goes missing after school. Trapped..
dar mohasereh
besieged
16 min  /  Farsi  /  2026
Iran
  
 
 
 
 
to the embers
Morgane Ambre
Feu fantôme features Morgane, the film's director, facing Eloan, the boy who raped her 7 years ago. They meet around a campfire, the symbolic site of their first encounter, to talk about this..
feu fantôme
to the embers
29 min  /  French  /  2025
France
  
 
 
 
 
papaya woman
Camila Tarifa
Hilda is almost 70 years old and lives in a cold apartment with Waldomiro, her sick husband, and his caregiver, Joana. When she suffers a domestic accident and breaks her arm, Hilda needs to seek..
mulher papaya
papaya woman
19 min  /  Portuguese  /  2026
Brazil

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