Iran
THE CROWD
70 MIN
2025
Hamed hails from a well-off religious family, sharing a middle-class flat with Raman, who is set to emigrate in a few days. Raman is upset that he cannot spend his last days with friends because they don't have an appropriate venue to gather. Hamed, determined to help, decides to throw a party in a vacant warehouse belonging to his family, but without alerting the other owners. However, he faces another dilemma: тheir close friend, Tondar, recently passed away in an accident which they cannot talk about publicly.

Cast & Crew
Producer: Sahand Kabiri
Director: Sahand Kabiri
Script: Sahand Kabiri
Director of Photography: Hamed Hosseini Sangari
Production Design: Sahand Kabiri
Sound: Amirhossein Ghassemi
Editing: Mohammad Najjarian, Shafagh Abu Saba
Cast: Keyvan Mohammadi, Razieh Mansouri, Shoja Giahi, Baset Rezaei, Rambod Motallebi, Dorsa Shirazi, Javid Ghaem Maghami, Aram Tahmasebi, Katayoun Saleki, Mohsen Khoeiniha, Faraaz Modiri
Production: Fanoos Films
Sahand Kabiri (born 1991)
Sahand Kabiri is a director and screenwriter based in Tehran. Kabiri pursued his screenwriting studies at the Art University of Tehran. His nuanced depiction of gender relations in Iran, particularly among his own generation, is a distinctive aspect of his earlier works. Active in the Iranian film industry and in artistic communities, his works have an insistence on making intelligible the lived experience of disparate cultural groups. In his movies, Kabiri has explored representations of various communities in Iran. His three short films have been screened at several festivals. Since 2017, he has also served as a jury member for ISFA, Iran’s most prominent short film award. Additionally, Kabiri has appeared in feature films and short movies as an actor.

Filmography
Ava (short, 2013), Quadrumvirate (short, 2015), End of the Parade (short, 2018), Bro (short, 2020), The Crowd (2025).

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