Cannes Program
CANNES
Lunch Time
Alireza Ghasemi/15：00/Iran/Drama/2017
A 16 year old girl has come to the hospital to identify the body of her mother. The people in charge at the hospital – due to her young age – won’t let her into the morgue and ask her to bring her guardian instead. However the girl insists that most of her family is in jail for criminal activities. Finally after her insistence they agree to let her into the morgue…
Cannes Film Festival 2017 (France)
Guanajuato International Film Festival 2017 (Mexico)
Palm Springs Film Festival 2017 (USA)
Guanajuato International Film Festival 2017 (Mexico)
Palm Springs Film Festival 2017 (USA)
Director : Alireza Ghasemi
Alireza Ghasemi is an Iranian screenwriter and director. He is the President of the Board of Directors at the Globe International Silent Film Festival. His short film "Lunch Time" received a nomination for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 70th Annual Cannes Film Festival in 2017.