Elika Hedayat

Several stories of exile are intertwined in this narration:  a young woman Olka leaves Iran six months after the disappearance of her boyfriend in the demonstrations. Reza, a political refugee, who never returned to Iran, comes to pick her up at the airport. The film stages the story of the meeting of two generations, that of the young woman worried by the disappearance of a loved one in Tehran, and that of Reza who has lost his country of origin for twenty-four years. Parallel to this scene, a second story unfolds. Negar, a young Iranian transsexual prostitute tells his story when he wakes up in a hospital room, after the operation.

Born in 1979 in Tehran, Iran, lives in Paris and Tehran

Bachelor in visual communication, Tehran University of Art, 2003 

Graduate of the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, 2008

Elika Hedayat takes a critical and committed look at the political reality of her country. She questions the question of identity, origin, complexity and cultural schizophrenia existing in Iran or elsewhere. She fights against inequalities and censorship. She uses sarcasm and cynicism to mock the greed of men toward power. She creates a universe that balances the innocence of childhood against the violence of the world.