It Turns Blue
Director: Shadi Karamroudi
Producer: Shadi Karamroudi
Iran, Republic of, 2023, 15 min.
Morteza beats up his 3 years old daughter in one of his weekly visits. When he asks his older sister, Pari, to help him handle the situation, she tries to manipulate the child’s mind so she remembers the whole incident as a simple game.
IT TURNS BLUE made its premiere at the 2003 SXSW Film Festival, where it was the winner of the short film Grand Jury Award. It has also been an Official Selection seen at the Fribourg Film Festival, the Busan International Short Film Festival and the Brussels Short Film Festival.
Shadi Karamroudi is an Iranian actress, director and screenwriter. She learned the basics of
filmmaking and acting at Karnameh Film School in Tehran- Iran and graduated with a master’s degree in Dramatic Literature from Soore University Tehran- Iran in 2020. Besides her career as an actress, she has participated in making 4 other short films as director, producer or screenwriter.
Writer: Shadi Karamroudi
Principal cast: Leili Rashidi, Mansour Nasiri, Hana Dezhagah