Asho is a shepherd child who enjoys life in the hillsides of Iran. His sheep are all named after celebrities: actors, actresses, and politicians depending on their hairstyle. Asho is the most peculiar case of a film buff you ’ll ever get to meet. He watches tons of movies on his cracked tablet while on the fields and dreams of becoming a cinema icon. Along the way, he is expected to marry his cousin Pira to whom he is pledged. A landscape of stunning beauty and dreamlike frames provides the ideal backdrop for this romantic portrait of a natural-born star.
Asho
Asho
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22nd TDF: Greek Premiere

Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Jafar Najafi
- Cinematography: Ahmad Babadi
- Editing: Huda Arshad Riahi
- Sound: Saeid Bahrami
- Music: Amir Shahabi
- Producers: Maryam Naghibi
- Executive producer: Mahbod Lajevardi
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Iran
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 30΄
- Contact: Soureh Cinema Organization, cinema.soureh@gmail.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Honorable Mention – DOK Leipzig 2019, Best Children’s Documentary – IDFA 2019
Age 13+
Jafar Najafi
Filmography
2018 To the Colour of Existence (short)
2019 Asho (short)
2019 Asho (short)