| Director: | Ahmad Bahrami |
| Producer: | Saeed Bashiri |
| Starring: |
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| Cinematography: | Masud Amini Tirani |
| Editing: | Sara Yavari |
| Music: | Foad Ghahremani |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes |
| Country: | Iran |
| Language: | Persian |
The Wasteland (Persian: دشت خاموش, romanized: Dashte khamoush) is a 2020 Iranian drama film directed and written by Ahmad Bahrami.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] the film premiered on September 3, 2020, at the 77th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Orizzonti Award.Prize 2021 of the international jury at the Festival Nouvelles Images Persanes in Vitré (France)[6] [7]
A remote brick manufacture factory produces bricks in an ancient way. Many families with different ethnicities work in the factory and the boss seems to hold the key to solving their problems. Forty-year-old Lotfollah (Ali Bagheri), who has been born on-site, is the factory supervisor and acts as go-between for the workers and the boss. Boss (Farrokh Nemati) has Lotfollah gather all the workers in front of his office. He wants to talk to them about the shutdown of the factory. All matters now to Lotfollah is to keep Sarvar (Mahdie Nassaj) unharmed, the woman he has been in love with for a long time.
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Art Film Festival | Best Film – Blue Angel | Ahmad Bahrami | ||
| 2021 | Nouvelles Images Persanes French Vitré Festival | Prize 2021 - International jury | Ahmad Bahrami | ||
| 2021 | Asia Film Awards | Best New Director | Ahmad Bahrami | ||
| Best Cinematography | Masoud Amini Tirani | ||||
| 2021 | Bogotá International Film Festival | Best Film – Premio Radiónica de la juventud | Ahmad Bahrami | ||
| 2020 | Venice International Film Festival | Orizzonti | Ahmad Bahrami | ||
| 2022 | Iranian Cinema Directors' Great Celebration | Best New Film Director | Ahmad Bahrami | ||
| 2022 | Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Creativity and Talent (first filmmakers) | Ahmad Bahrami |