The Badger
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WINNER - BEST ACTRESS (VISHKA ASAYESH)
WINNER - INDIEPIX AWARD
NOMINATED - BEST DIRECTOR
NOMINATED - BEST PICTURE
2020
Iran
94 mins
Persian
NYC Premiere
Feature Film Competition
| Kazem Mollaie | |
| Sina Saeidian | |
| Hasan Majuni (Peyman Jenabi), Vishka Asayesh (Soodeh Sharifzadegan), Mehraveh Sharifinia (Afra) |
Right before Soodeh Sharifzadegan’s second marriage, her 11-year-old son, Matiar is kidnapped. After considerable effort, Soodeh is forced to ask for the ransom money from her ex-husband. After Matiar’s release, Soodeh, being curious, comes to the sudden realization that it was all her son’s plan to provide the grounds for his father’s return.
About the Director
Kazem Mollaie started filmmaking with short films in 1999. He holds a B.A. in Cinema Directing from Soore University of Tehran. Mollaie is a member of several organizations including the Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS), the Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds (Khaneh Cinema), the Board of Directors of the Iranian Short Film Association (ISFA) and the Directors Guild of Iran.
Reviews
“The Badger”- a tense thriller, a quiet sentimental family drama – Winter Film Awards, by Nilufer Yenidogan Ozmekik
THE BADGER – Maryland Film Fest, by Eric Cotten
Smart and incisive thriller shows a different Iran – The Austin Chronicle, by Josh Kupecki
Austin Film Festival 2020 Review: THE BADGER – True View Reviews, by Mark Saldana
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Awards
2020 Austin Film Festival (USA) – Best Narrative Feature Film
2020 Berkeley Film Festival (USA) – Best Foreign Feature, Audience Award
2020 Philadelphia Asian-American Film Festival (USA) – Audience Award (Honorable Mention) & Nominee Best Feature
2020 Salerno International Film Festival (Italy) – Nominee Best Feature Film
2020 Shanghai International Film Festival (China) – Nominee Best Film
2021 Bahamas Film Festival (Bahamas) – Nominee for the Best Film
2021 Dhaka film Festival (Bangladesh) – Nominee for the Audience Award
2021 Fargo Film Festival (USA) – Honorable Mention, Best Narrative Feature
2021 Riverside Film Festival (USA) – Best Feature Film, Best Actress, Best Ensemble Cast and Audience Best Feature
