Whisper My Name

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Ohio Premiere

Showings

Festival tickets go on sale March 18, with visionaries and members receiving early access for ticket purchase.

April 14, 2026
11:20 am – 1:09 pm
Playhouse Square Campus
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
April 15, 2026
2:25 pm – 4:14 pm
Cedar Lee Theatre

About This Film

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Festival Year: 2026
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Run Time: 109 Minutes
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Film Type: Feature
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Animated: No
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Genre: Drama
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Countr(ies): Iran
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Language: Farsi
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English Subtitles: Yes
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Captions: Open

Film Overview

Original Title: Ziba Seda-yam Kon
English Title: Whisper My Name

It’s Ziba’s birthday… For a teenage, student working girl, living in a dormitory, with no bonds to her parents, it is a dream to move to a room of her own. She’s struggling to find a path to be independent, but everything becomes even more complicated when her dad, Khosro, shows up. He has escaped from a psychiatric hospital to celebrate the special day with his daughter…

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Programmer's Comment:

"Lovely tale of a father and daughter trying to connect amidst everyday life in Tehran." – Barbee

Film Contact: IRIMAGE
Film Website: https://www.irimageco.com
Film Email: kamyar@irimageco.com

Cast & Crew

Directed By

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Rasoul Sadrameli

Produced By

Seyed Maziyar Hashemi

Screenwriting

Arash Sadeghbeigi, Milad Sadrameli, Mohammad Reza Sadrameli

Cinematographers

Saman Lotfian

Editors

Bahram Dehghani

Principal Cast

Amin Hayai (Khosro), Juliette Rezai (Ziba), Mehran Ghafourian (Khalil), Setareh Pesiani (Mrs. Azhir)