Speechless
Sat 14 Nov, 18:00Many Worlds, One Screen – Through Women's Eyes · Through Different Eyes
- Director
- Alireza Nesaei
- Country
- Germany
- Running time
- 17 Min.
- Language
- German
Darya, a dancer living in exile, awakens from a disturbing dream. Then she receives a phone call: her mother has suffered a stroke and is dying. But when Darya tries to speak, she realizes that she has forgotten her native language.
As she rehearses for an important performance, her body, too, begins to fail her. Darya spirals into a profound inner crisis. Caught between grief and movement, she must find her own voice again in the silence.
Alireza Nesaei
Alireza Nesaei, born in Iran in 1985, is a director, screenwriter, and assistant director who has been living in exile in Germany since 2020.
His filmmaking career began in 2000 with training at the Iranian Young Cinema Society. He subsequently earned a bachelor's degree in Theatre. From 2006 to 2020, he worked in Iran as a director and screenwriter on various short films, television productions, and documentaries, including Larv, Probability, Israel, Here Is Dark, Panje, and The Father Ignored, the Mother Beat.
Alongside his own projects, he worked as an assistant director and in production planning on numerous Iranian film and television productions, including Hasan Fathi's series Shahrzad, Saeed Roustaee's feature film Life + 1 Day, and Mohsen Amiryousefi's Lovely Trash.
Since moving to Germany, Nesaei has continued his work in film and theatre. In 2022, he served as a jury member at Filmfest Trier. In 2023, he wrote and directed the stage play Wir müssen reden (We Need to Talk). Since June 2023, he has been working at Theater Trier.