Boys With Broken Ears

2013 | 78min & 52min | CONTRAIMAGE & AL-JAZEERA

A handful of young Iranian wrestlers dream of becoming the next Olympic champion, however it is not just the championships they have to wrestle their way through but the realities of their lives.

director NIMA SHAYEGHI | producers GOLRIZ KOLAHI & DAVID ALAMOUTI | directors of photography ROGER EATON & IRAJ HAGHIGHIPOUR | sound designer JAMES J. MORGAN | music KIERON MAGUIRE

FESTIVALS:

WINNER of MERIT at FFD 2014 ( Indonesia ) | WINNER of BEST DOCUMENTARY at Lake Champlain Int. Film Fest 2014 (US) | WINNER of BEST STORY & NOMINATED for BEST DIRECTOR at Noor Film Fest 2014 (US) | American Documentary Flm Festival 2015 | Big Sky Documentary FF 2015 | 12th Maailmafilm Fest 2015 | Social Justice Film Fest 2014 (US) | Fajr Film Festival 2013 (Iran) | PENN Middle East Film Fest 2015