Fragments

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Stand up, sit down

(2024)

Dir: Babak Parham


Without his knowledge, Saman gets his colleague fired. He and his two other coworkers now face a dilemma. Either they live by their principles and challenge the decision, or they act professionally while also distancing themselves from the situation. 'Stand Up, Sit Down' is about the true value of one's self-image and the price we're willing to pay to uphold it.


Screenings:


2024 Manaki Brothers filmfestival (Maedonia)

2024 International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (Cyprus)

2024 Altin Baklava film festival (Turkey)



Films




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Fragments (2023)

Dir: Babak Parham


A five-year-old asks his mother why the family lives in Sweden. It will be the beginning of conversations. From the military coup in 1953 to compulsory Hijab in 1980, everything is connected as small puzzle pieces in the family's history.



Screenings:


2023 Ghent Obskuur film festival(Belgium)- Winner 

2023 Quickpix Gotland (Sweden)

2023 Early Bird film fest (Bulgaria)

2023 Lane Docs (USA)

2023 Dhaka University Film Society (Bangladesh)


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Exit Tax (2021)

Dir: Saeed Hasanlou


An Iranian couple are on their way to airport to leave the country. But a last minute doubt changes everything.



Not my story (2019)

Dir: Babak Parham


An Iranian-Swedish family heads to where the mother in the family once arrived as a child refugee with her family. Now, 30 years later she wants to bring her children to show them how it was those first months after arriving to Sweden.



Screenings:


2019 Indie shorts (Japan) Winner

2019 Intimalente (Italy)

2019 Liberation doc filmfestival (Bangladesh)