Shâd Bâsh
by Hélène RASTEGAR
2024 - 79 min - HD
In coproduction with Lyon Capitale TV
Pre-purchased by Bip TV
With the support of Eurométropole de Strasbourg in partnership with the CNC ; Région Grand Est and Procirep-Angoa ; CNC
Winner of the Brouillon d'un rêve grant of the SCAM. Selected at IDFA Academy 2023
Director : Hélène Rastegar
Writing consultant : Régis Sauder
Original music : Bijan Rastegar
Image : Hélène Rastegar, Damien Fritsch, Gautier Gumpper
Sound : Hélène Rastegar, Jérémie Vernerey, Grégory Pernet
Image editing : Gautier Gumpper
Sound editing : Aymeric Eustache
SYNOPSIS
Bâbâdjoun, my dear dad, what's Iran like now? What if I went there? History has redistributed the cards of our personal history, creating knots and gaps. Going to Iran is an impulse towards you that my life has missed so much. But am I able of going to the country you fled ?
In the memory of my heart, the lines of a Persian poem you taught me : "Nothing stays, everything passes, everything changes, so live in joy". Bâbâdjoun, will we be able to make up for lost time before we disappear ?
FESTIVALS
2025 • Olhares do
Mediterrâneo – Women's Film Festival •
Lisbonne (Portugal) • Official selection
2025 • Là-bas, vu d'ici - Festival des
voyages et des lointains horizons en Cévennes •
Le Vigan (France) • Selection
2024 • Les Rencontres Ad
Hoc •
Mirabel-et-Blacons (France) • Selection
2024 • Festival du Film de
l'Est •
Strasbourg (France) • Award of the feature film documentary & Public award
2024 • Traces de Vies •
Clermont-Ferrand (France) • Special mention "Hors frontières" (Beyond borders)
2024 • Iranian Film Festival
Zurich •
Zurich (Suisse) • Selection
2024 • Cinéma(s) d'Iran •
Paris (France) • Selection
2024 • ASFF - Aesthetica Short Film
Festival •
York (Royaume-Uni) • Official selection
THE DIRECTOR
Berlinale Talents 2026 and IDFAcademy 2024 member, Hélène Rastegar is a screenwriter and director of fiction, documentary, and experimental films. After co-directing the Chacun son Court festival, she trained at the Ardèche Images writing residency in Lussas, as well as in filmmaking and development.
Her films are influenced by a constantly evolving dual Iranian culture, featuring female characters whose bodies bear the marks of an inner struggle to survive and find their place. A former laureate of the Institut de l'Engagement, she is committed and passionate, and co-president of Safire, where she oversees the documentary workshop.
Her civic engagement was recognized with the Copernic Prize for Dialogue, Fraternity, and Peace. As a consultant for documentary projects, she also teaches film classes in high school and university, and participates as a reader in support fund committees.
