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Directed by | Ida Panahandeh |
Written by | Ida Panahandeh Arsalan Amiri |
Starring | Sareh Bayat Pejman Bazeghi Navid Mohammadzadeh |
Edited by | Arsalan Amiri |
Distributed by | Nikan Film |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Iran |
Language | Persian |
Nahid is a 2015 Iranian drama film directed by Ida Panahandeh. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival where it won a Promising Future Prize (special jury prize for debut films). [1] [2]
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