Cold Sigh

Nahid Azizi Sedigh / Iran

Screening

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ONLINE from 6th to 16th NOV

Film Information

Year: 2023

Duration: 87

Language: VOSE/VOSC

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

Baha, a young man from a border town, learns that his father, Bahram, has been released from prison after twenty years. Bahram killed his wife – Baha’s mother – having accused her of cheating on him. Baha, who has never coped with this and is still full of anger and resentment, decides to take to the road to bring his father back to prison himself.

Director

Nahid Sedigh (1974) is an Iranian writer and filmmaker with experience in TV, documentaries, shorts, and feature films. Her feature debut Cold Sigh (2023), was featured at the 46th Moscow International Film Festival, at Italy’s Ischia Film Festival, at the Nepal International Film Festival (NIFF) 2025 and Fajr Film Festival 2023, where it won the Special Jury Award in the International Competition for Best Film.