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TAAROF 'a verbal dance'

Taarof 'a verbal dance' is a story of one woman's battle to fight against the cultural, social but also self-imposed limitations of what it is to be an ethnic/Persian female growing up in London today. When Nazanin attends her estranged father's funeral, she is compelled into womanhood by rebelling against the ideals of what it is to be an Iranian woman. 

TAAROF 'a verbal dance' 

TAAROF 'a verbal dance' www.taarofshortfilm.comTAAROF 'a verbal dance' is the story of one woman's battle against the cultural, social but also self-imposed limitations of what it is to be an ethnic female growing up in London today. When Nazanin at…

TAAROF 'a verbal dance' www.taarofshortfilm.com

TAAROF 'a verbal dance' is the story of one woman's battle against the cultural, social but also self-imposed limitations of what it is to be an ethnic female growing up in London today. When Nazanin attends her estranged father's funeral, she is compelled into womanhood by rebelling against the ideals of what it is to be an Iranian woman. Nazanin's father left her at a young age, leaving her alienated from her father, heritage and culutre. This is all brought to a head when she has to attend his funeral, and is reunited with relatives and a culture she once knew.

TAAROF is currently touring festivals worldwide and is due to screen at;

WOMEN IN REVOLT - The Greater Freedom - Shorts On Tap - A night celebrating female Middle Eastern Filmmakers - 93 Feet East, London.

AWARDS

Ouchy Film Awards - NOMINEE - BEST FILM, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST ACTRESS

London Independent Shorts Awards - WINNER - BEST COMEDY DRAMA SHORT

Independent Shorts Awards - WINNER - BEST FEMALE FILM

International Shorts Film Festival - NOMINATED - BEST DIRECTOR

SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL - RUNNER UP

Los Angeles Cinefest - SEMI FINALIST

Hollywood Screenings - SEMI FINALIST