That Afternoon
Netherlands
2023, Color, Dutch, Persian, English; Turkish captioned, 77 dk
Director: Nafiss Nia
Screenplay: Nafiss Nia
Cinematography: Joris Kerbosch
Editing: Hayedeh Safiyari
Music: Farid Sheek
Producer: Gijs Kerbosch
Production: Halal Productions
Cast: Hoda Niku, Alin Wishka
Synopsis
Roya flees an asylum seekers' centre to avoid being deported from Netherlands to Iran. She has the address of Nassim – another Iranian who helps refugees in her situation. But when she arrives at the apartment, only Nassim's brother is there. Since he won't let Roya in, she decides to wait for Nassim in the hallway. Soon they start a conversation, thanks to which we'll come to know a great deal about the different perspectives of these two people: she has a youthful, idealistic and optimistic spirit; he is embittered and guarded, carrying a heavy burden.
Nafiss Nia
Born in 1968 in Iran. Besides her filmmaking career she is a Dutch-Iranian poet, writer, cultural entrepreneur and public speaker. She has been living in the Netherlands since 1992. She studied to become a film director at the Film Faculty of Art University and studied Modern Persian Literature at the State University in Tehran, Iran. In the Netherlands she studied Screenwriting at the Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam. Since 2012, she has been the business & artistic director of the Granate Foundation, an organization that promotes and makes visible inclusivity in Dutch film & poetry.
