Breath (2016 film)

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| name = Breath

| image = Nafas_poster.jpg

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| caption = International poster

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| director = Narges Abyar

| producer = Mohammad Hosein Gashemi

Abouzar Pourmohammadi

| writer =

| screenplay = Narges Abyar

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| starring = Mehran Ahmadi
Pantea Panahiha
Gelareh Abbasi
Shabnam Moghaddami
Jamshid Hashempour
{{ill|Sareh Nour Mousavi|fa|ساره نورموسوی}}

| narrator = Sareh Nour Mousavi

| music = Massoud Sakhavatdoost

| cinematography = {{ill|Saed Nikzat|fa|ساعد نیک‌ذات}}

| editing = Sajjad Pahlevanzadeh

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| released = {{film date|2016|2|1|FIFF}}

| runtime = 112 minutes

| country = Iran

| language = Persian

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Breath ({{langx|fa| نفس }}; Nafas) is a 2016 Iranian fantasy drama film directed by Narges Abyar. It was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.{{cite web|url=http://ifpnews.com/exclusive/iran-selects-breath-official-submission-academy-awards/ |title=Iran Selects 'Breath' as Official Submission to Academy Awards |work=IFP News |date=19 September 2017 |accessdate=19 September 2017}}

Plot

Little Bahar lives a life spun from folklore and stories, always with her head in a book. But growing up in Yazd in the 1970s and ’80s, she's at the centre of a country in turmoil: the Shah is overthrown, Ayatollah Khomeini rises to power, and the first shots are fired in a bitter and protracted war with Iraq. Over the span of several years, Bahar finds daydreaming in her own fantasy world is the only way she can make sense of the pain and suffering warring humans inflict on one another.{{cite web|url=http://www.asiapacificscreenacademy.com/nomsarchive/nafas/|title=Asia Pacific Screen Awards » Nafas|website=www.asiapacificscreenacademy.com|accessdate=19 September 2017}}

Awards and nominations

The Best Director award at 2016 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - Narges Abyar {{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a-quiet-heart-wins-grand-prix-at-tallinn-iff-black-nights-950540|title='A Quiet Heart' Wins Grand Prix at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=26 November 2016 |publisher=|accessdate=19 September 2017}}
The Best Supporting Actress in 34th Fajr Film Festival - Shabnam Moghaddami {{cite web|url=http://fa.abna24.com/service/fajr-international-film-festival/archive/2016/02/11/698781/story.html|title=گزارش کامل مراسم اختتامیه سی و چهارمین جشنواره فیلم فجر + عکس و سخنان برندگان سیمرغ|first=اختصاصی|last=ابنا|date=11 February 2016|publisher=|accessdate=19 September 2017}}

Music by Massoud Sakhavatdoost