Hooves Beat
In a border village between Iran and Iraq, lives Tino, a 12-year-old youngster with his parents. After finding out about a heart-breaking incident that takes place in the mountains and leaving him devastated, he finds himself in a dilemma where he senses that the life of his sole four-legged friend which also happens to be his father’s only means of transportation and work, is in imminent great danger. He must make a momentous decision quickly.
Iran
Kurdish dialogue, with Arabic & English subtitle
13 minutes
2022 (UAE Premiere)
Fargol Masrourirad was born in 1988 in Tehran, Iran. She is a Ph.D. student in Architecture at the University of Tehran and began her filmmaking career in 2018. She made her professional debut with “Hooves Beat” in 2022. Hossein Zeitoon Nejad was born in 1984 in Shiraz and raised in Tehran, holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of Zanjan. He started his film career in 2017 as an actor and director, also contributing to “Hooves Beat” (2022).
