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OCTAVIA’S VISIONS

Director: Zara Zandieh
Filmmaker's profile

OCTAVIA’S VISIONS is inspired by the Parables of the African-American futurist author Octavia E. Butler, interweaving Butler’s worlds with contemporary issues of environmental degradation, far right extremism, and social liberation - expressing a queer utopian imaginary.

Details

Duration: 18min.

Country: Germany

Language: English, German

Year: 2021

Genre: Other

Topic: Activism, Art, Colonialism, Community, Discrimination, Environment, Experimental, Feminism, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQ, Racism, Refugees, Sci-Fi

Cast & Crew

Director: Zara Zandieh

Production company: Zara Zandieh

Writer: Zara Zandieh

Cinematographer: Diara Sow

Editor: Zara Zandeieh

Music: Azadeh Zandieh

Actors: Sandra Bello, Mandhla Ndubiwa, Nancy Andler, Martini Cherry Furter, Senami Zodehougan, Joey Steffens, Ifeatu Nnaobi, Chepita, Claudia Catalán Amoyao, Sanni Est, Alvin Collantes, , Banafshe Hourmazdi, Eli Wewentxu, Julian Curico, Mathilde Manon, Minh Duc Pham, N’deye Sikhe Camara, Rima Najdi, Saboura Naqshband, Saphira Siegmund, Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau

Festivals & Awards

2021

Oberhausen International Short Film Festival Oberhausen International Short Film Festival Zonta

Hamburg Short Film Festival

Sheffield DocFest

Inside Out Film Festival

Image+Nation Festival Courts Queer Shorts Film Festival Image+Nation Festival Courts Queer Shorts Film Festival Winner of Best Film Jury Award

Berlinale - Forum

Queer Lisboa - International Queer Film Festival

Edinburgh International Film Festival

Seattle Queer Film Festival

Leeds International Film Festival

Short Film Festival Cologne (KFFK)

2022

Kassel Dokfest

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