Crazy Castle

Director: Abolhassan Davoodi [in person], 2015, Iran, 115 minutes, Cast: Tannaz Tabatabaei, Saber Abar, Amir Jadidi, Saed Soheili, Naznin Byat, Sahar Hashemi, Gohar Kheirandish [in person], Bijan Emkanian

A group of young people who are members of an online community, meet at an event in a cafe in Tehran. One girl’s urgent need for drugs brings six of them together. What starts as a prank continues to unfold into a complicated situation, which reveals new aspects of each character.

Festivals & Awards: Best director, Best film, Audience Award, Best Sound Design, Best Visual Effects at Fajr Film Festival

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Abolhassan Davoodi

Abolhassan Davoodi, director, producer and scriptwriter, was born in 1955 in Neyshabour, Iran. He studied cinema directing at School of Cinema & TV and sociology at Beheshti University. Wrote film reviews in Soroosh & Film magazine for 5 years before making films. Head of the Iranian Script Writers Guild (1991-1995). Head of the Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds (Khaneh Cinema) (1999-2002). Board director of the Iranian Alliance Of Motion Picture Guilds. Head of the board of directors of the Iranian Independent Filmmaker Association (2008-2012). Member of the board of directors of Director’s Guild of Iranian Cinema (2013- …).

Filmography: As director: The Book of Love (1988), The Extraordinary Journey (1990), Pickpockets don’t go to heaven! (1991), Iliya, The young painter (1992), I love the Earth. (1993), Good Smell of Life (1994 7), Baran (1999), Bread, Love, & Motorcycle (2001), Cross Road [Incident] (2005), Zadboom [Motherland] (2008), Crazy Castle (2014), The Earth of Human Being (26 episodes, T.V series)