Parvaneh

Parvaneh (2012)

Parvaneh is a young Afghan immigrant who recently arrived at a transit centre for asylum seekers in the Swiss Alps. The only things she has got to know yet are the rural area surrounding the centre and the centre itself.

Date of release
2012-11-01
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (20)
Runtime
25m
Genres
Drama
Director
Talkhon Hamzavi

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Parvaneh is a 2012 Swiss short drama film written and directed by Talkhon Hamzavi. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 87th Academy Awards after winning the Silver Medal in the Foreign Category at the 2013 Student Academy Awards.

Production

Parvaneh was the film with which Talkhon Hamzavi completed her Master’s in film at Zurich University of the Arts in 2012. It was shot over ten days in a real asylum centre in Morschach, canton Schwyz, and in Zurich. Ahead of the 87th Academy Awards, Hamzavi and part of the crew travelled to Los Angeles to promote it, with support for the campaign provided by Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, the Federal Office of Culture, SRF, Swiss Films, and Berne…

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