7+1 Fragments

7+1 Fragments

2022 · 30 min

An anthology of 7 different women in 7 different worlds with 7 different colors, as well as their remarkable experiences. Self-Reflection and Re-reflection, feeling of the moment, broken lines, unclosed and resumed forms, this is the different situations in 7+1 fragments that appear next to each other - even inside each other. 7+1 Fragments consists of 7 fragments, each with a female narrative with different characters and different colors, forms, and different Moments, which meet each other in the eighth (last) fragment.

Directed by Atefeh Kheirabadi · Written by Mehrad Sepahnia

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