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Ablutomania

Herati, head of the municipal waste collection and recycling union, has introduced a new law: Under the heading "Each person has the privilege of only two sacks. After the law is passed, the work balance of the young female head of the household in the story is upset. Herati threatens that if the woman does not follow the law will lose her job. The law of Herat is to bring new and fresh force to collect garbage. The female character enters a deep challenge in her life Because the only new and fresh force of the soul is none other than one of her children. Which one to take with you? Choosing between a toddler (twelve years old) and a toddler (six years old) poses a profound challenge for women. A woman has a basic need for income from her job On the other hand, he suffers from the presence of his child in a dirty garbage dump On the other hand, she is seriously threatened by a Herati worker who will lose her job. The female character is forced to make a hard decision. The female character is forced to symbolically take the older boy to the garbage can
But he does not involve the boy in the garbage collection process. At night, she puts the younger child (Hossein Ali) to sleep at home and takes the older child to the streets. The female character goes to the street with the boy at night And he obsessively washes the child for days And then lets the child come into the clean space of the house. Days pass And the story continues in a way that the perfect boy is trained and becomes conditioned and after washing himself from the polluted environment of his work, he washes his body.
In the meantime, the younger child (Hossein Ali) witnesses all the events and records the events in his mind. The younger son works with the mother as an assistant to wash and bring the toiletries And subconsciously he unwillingly sits on the bench to become a working child. The older son becomes a professional working child during the day and night. The boy becomes familiar with his duties as a garbage boy like an automatic machine And it even goes beyond the scope of tasks and goes a little further. The boy gradually interacts with the garbage and becomes friends with them And one night he picks up a doll from the trash to play with And this causes the woman to panic. That's why the female character has to give up this habit for her son And cut off his child's chain of contact with garbage, he takes the little boy to the street as an alternative. A female character who is exhausted and lost in the street during the repetitive drama of daily washing and night work And the little boy stays in the dark heart of society until morning And tomorrow morning he becomes a working child and grows up. The boy wakes up in the cemetery tomorrow morning And fears the loneliness and absence of the mother. Among the passers-by, a man compliments the boy with bread and water But the boy, who is witnessing the transformation of his older brother by his mother, is asking for soap through hunger, despite his inner desire for bread. Soap is a passport for a child And he considers it the border of humanity And considers himself contaminated before using the soap. In the mind of the boy, who is now a newborn working child, life education is as follows:
Garbage. Soap. Food…
Black. White. Life...

  • Zohreh Shafiee
    Director
  • Zohreh shafiee
    Writer
  • Zohreh shafiee
    Producer
  • Kolsoum kouchakzehi
    Key Cast
    "Mam"
  • Alireza kouchakzehi
    Key Cast
    "The big boy"
  • Hosseinali kouchakzehi
    Key Cast
    "The little boy"
  • Alireza amiri
    Key Cast
    "Mr. Herati's worker"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    تن شوی
  • Runtime:
    28 minutes 38 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 10, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Country of Filming:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Language:
    Persian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:09
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • The first international screening of Ablutomaniac at the 74th Salerno International Film Festival Italy December 2020
    Salerno
    Italy
    December 7, 2020
  • Ablutomania participated in the “Cefalù” International Film Festival in February 2021 in Italy and project selection and participation in the semi-final stage of the festival.
    Cefalù
    Italy
    February 28, 2021
  • Ablutomania participated in the 12th “Universal Film Festival World in October 2021 in the United States and project selection and participation in the semi-final stage of the festival and nominated for Best Film

    United States
  • Ablutomania won the Short Film Directing Award at the first Bulgarian Golden Film Festival. June 2022. Sofia / Bulgaria

    Bulgaria
  • Ablutomania participated in the “Fidan” International Short Film Festival in Iran. March 2021and selecting the project as an honor at the festival.
  • Ablutomania at the 11th kinofestival “Light of the world” International Film Festival in Russia. April 2021.

    Russian Federation
  • Ablutomania at the first “Fillum International Storical and Short Film Festival(FISSF) in the United States India. April 2021

    India
  • Ablutomania at the first edition of the Noble International Film Festival in August 2021 in India

    India
  • Ablutomania at the 12th Educational Film Festival EDUKINO in November 2021. Warsaw Poland

    Poland
  • Ablutomania at the 10th Independent Film Festival of Pavlos Parasakis Art Club in March 2022. Greece
Director Biography - Zohreh Shafiee

Education: Master of Dramatic Literature, Faculty of "Art and Architecture", "University of Science and Research" Tehran
Bachelor of Architecture.
Screenwriter; playwright; story writer ;Filmmaker ;producer

-Winner of the third prize for playwriting at the 37th Fajr International Theater Festival for writing the play "Mirzias", February 2017

**Ablutomania won the Short Film Directing Award at the first Bulgarian Golden Film Festival. June 2022. Sofia / Bulgaria

** Ablutomania participated in the 12th “Universal Film Festival World in October 2021 in the United States and project selection and participation in the semi-final stage of the festival and nominated for Best Film

** Ablutomania participated in the “Fidan” International Short Film Festival in Iran. March 2021and selecting the project as an honor at the festival.

- Ablutomania at the 74th “Salerno” International Film Festival in Italy . December 2020

- Ablutomania participated in the “Cefalù” International Film Festival in February 2021 in Italy and project selection and participation in the semi-final stage of the festival.

- Ablutomania at the 11th kinofestival “Light of the world” International Film Festival in Russia. April 2021.

- Ablutomania at the first “Fillum International Storical and Short Film Festival(FISSF) in the United States India. April 2021

- Ablutomania at the first edition of the Noble International Film Festival in August 2021 in India.

- Ablutomania at the 12th Educational Film Festival EDUKINO in November 2021. Warsaw Poland

- Ablutomania at the 10th Independent Film Festival of Pavlos Parasakis Art Club in March 2022. Greece


-Nominated for the 5th screenplay and play competition of the Children and Adolescents Intellectual Development Center, with a “winning” script, and the play “Matarsak batfi”

-Participated in the 10th International Hundred Seconds Short Film Festival with the short film "All of Me" as a writer, producer and director. March 2015

-Candidate for screenwriting section of the 13th Seedling Festival for writing the screenplay of "Yar Dabestani" May 2016

-Candidate for the playwriting competition section of the Health Literature Festival for writing the play "Flying Fishes" December 2016

-Participated in the Callisto Cinema Short Film Festival with the short film "All of Me" as a writer, producer and director. 2017

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Director Statement

Humans are equal

Poor and rich
Weak and strong
Educated and illiterate

Only the human soul deserves to be valued
Working children are often pitied, while their souls demand respect.

They deserve respect like all the spiritual people in the world.

I tried to look at them in a different way and show them as respectful, strong and honorable