Birthmarked
by Mehrshad Golkarian
short film / Drama
As a woman's body becomes the arena for a patriarch’s dogmatic battle, her desires are suppressed and remain unexpressed.
Synopsis
Fatemeh, a 14-year-old girl with a birthmark on her left breast, is being forced by her father to marry a suitor at such young age. Being dissatisfied with this, she orchestrates a daring action to prevent this early marriage.
Birthmarked
by Mehrshad Golkarian
short film / Drama
As a woman's body becomes the arena for a patriarch’s dogmatic battle, her desires are suppressed and remain unexpressed.
Synopsis
Fatemeh, a 14-year-old girl with a birthmark on her left breast, is being forced by her father to marry a suitor at such young age. Being dissatisfied with this, she orchestrates a daring action to prevent this early marriage.
BIRTHMARKED
(Mahgerefteh)
Iran, 2024 / 18′
a film by
Mehrshad Golkarian
with
Sara Hatami
Kiamehr Jalali
Siamak Safari
Soudabeh Jafarzadeh
Amir Reza Jokar
Yazdan Kokabi Saba
Adrian Khosravi
Yashar Jafari
Screenplay | Mehrshad Golkarian |
Director of Photography | Alireza Barazandeh |
Production Design | Mohammad Heidargholi |
Costume Design | Abtin Barghi |
Make-up | Omid Golzadeh |
Editor | Pooyan Sholevar |
Composer | Amir Tavasoli |
Sound | Amirhossein Ghasemi Babak Ardalan |
Color | Nima Dabirzadeh |
Production | Mehrshad Golkarian |
Distribution | Alpha Film |
Official Selections
- Capital City Film Festival
USA, 2024 - Portobello Film Festival
UK, 2024 - Orlando Film Festival
USA, 2024 - BIFF – Bahamas International Film Festival
Bahamas, 2024 - Pune Short Film Festival
India, 2024 - Aaretaler Kurzfilmtage
Switzerland, 2024 - GOA Short Film Festival
India, 2024 - MADRIFF – Madrid Indie Film Festival
Spain, 2024
The director
Mehrshad Golkarian
Biofilmography
Mehrshad Golkarian was born in 1988 in Tehran. In 2019 he graduated in the Master of Fine Arts in Cinema, Faculty of Cinema and Theater of Tehran University of Arts. He directed several short-films selected and awarded in national and international festivals. Among these, “Circle Law” (2019) and “The Visit” (2020). In 2023 he writes, produces and directs “Birthmarked”.”