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Melody (Persian: ملودی; Tajik: Мелодия, romanized: Melodiya) is a 2023 Tajikistani-Iranian drama film written, directed, produced and edited by Behrouz Sebt Rasoul. The film follows a music teacher, Melody who wants to compose a heartfelt piece for children fighting cancer, using the sound of 30 birds.
The film was twice selected as the Tajikistan entry for the Best International Feature Film, at the 96th and 97th Academy Awards. In 2023, the film did not appear on the final list because it was not submit on time, one year later the country officially submitted the film again.




Plot


At a children's cancer center, Melody teaches music to 30 children. He wants to compose a piece of music using the sounds of 30 different birds. A simple task, but when they only find 20 birds, Melody accompanied by Mango, a mute housekeeper, will embark on an old singer who knows where the rest of the birds that are being hunted are.




Cast


Diman Zandi as Melody
Alireza Ostadi as Old Singer
Meghdad Eslami as Mango
Safar Hakadodov as Groom's father
Zulfiya Sadikova as Groom's mother




Production


This is a collaborative effort of the state-owned Tajikistan broadcaster, TV Safina and directors's own film company in Tehran, Nama Film.




Release


The movie was selected to be screened at the 54th International Film Festival of India and had its first international screening in the Cinema of the World section. The film was also selected for the 21st Chennai Film Festival, the 24th Keswick Film Festival competition section, the 42th Fajr International Film Festival, the Competition section in 10th Iranian Film Festival Zurich 2024
the Panorama section of 11th the Silk Road Festival 2024.
The film participated in the Competition section in the 23th ImagineIndia Int’l Film Festival, Madrid – Spain and won in three sections and was nominated in two sections.

The film was released in Tajikistan on December 25, 2023. International sales were managed by France's Dreamlab Films.




Awards and nominations






See also


List of submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
List of Tajikistani submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film




References






External links


Melody at IMDb
Official Page
List of submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
List of Asian films

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