Tehran Taboo
Trailer: Tehran Taboo
Year: 2017
Studio: Little Dream Entertainment, ORF, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, OFI, HessenFilm und Medien, Pixeltruck, ZDF, Coop99 Filmproduktion
Director: Ali Soozandeh
Cast: Arash Marandi, Alireza Bayram, Şiir Eloğlu, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Klaus Ofczarek, Morteza Tavakoli
Crew: Ali Soozandeh (Director), Ali N. Askin (Original Music Composer), Martin Gschlacht (Director of Photography), Ali Samadi Ahadi (Producer), Mark Fencer (Producer), Frank Geiger (Producer)
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