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Stealing the white umbrella from a shop which is selling happiness

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A short film script by: Soroush Meydanaky

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Psychology

Written in 2022

Tag line: feeling worthless

Log line: After firing from the toy store, “SEPIDEH” has to disguise herself -like a character she has always been afraid of- for stealing and getting back what she deserves as her payment.

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Biography:

Born on August 2ND 1995. Bachelor of theater directing from the nonprofit Islamic university of Tehran (The central branch). A graduate student of theater directing in the nonprofit Islamic university of Tehran (The central branch).

Some of the activities and the awards obtained:

Admired for writing the script " Ventilator " at the nineteenth art festival of the nonprofit Islamic university of Tehran. (The central branch) in August 2020. Admired for writing the script " Ventilator " at the people's theater festival in May 2021. Admired for writing the script " Ventilator " at the " Art is alive " festival in Tehran, March 2021. Acting in the theater " Zar " at the Azadi tower, Tehran, April 2019. Acting in the theater " Mourning for Siyavash " in Kashan city, August 2019.

instagram.com/soroushmeydanaky meydanaky@gmail.com

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Synopsis:

“SEPIDEH”, the young girl seller of the biggest toy store in the city, has been unfairly fired some days before the new year. Her employer doesn't pay her wage and she also has to pay a penalty change. She is now about to lose her house. She has always been unable to defend herself however this time she decides to change her face and steal a very expensive umbrella from the toy store with the help of SIYAVASH ( A teenager boy who looks like “HAJJI FIRUZ”). On escaping, she goes to a broken elevator of some building. she gets injured and stuck in an elevator. She eventually passes out inside there of bleeding. Her perpetual challenge with her subconscious in her whole life, which has shown in the story by flashbacks or foreshadowing, gets more when she sees The "MORSHED" her childhood in the imaginary world. she reveals her uncle raped her in a tent when she has been a childhood girl. At this ironic end, she shouted for help from “MORSHED”, and then, she comes around while she is screaming in the elevator.

*NOTE: MORSHED (The head of the puppetry group

Statement:

To me, writing is something like sitting in the pain. A painful pleasure. Something like bringing my unconscious mind to my consciousness. Raping me was one of the things that made me feel unworthy and I kept denying it for a long time. The worst feeling in the world! Because of that, changing character for getting the release of that feeling was so important for me to show and I have done my best to write an acceptable story with the help of Iranian and Greek mythologies, and also art technics such as flashbacking and foreshadowing.

About HAJJI FIRUZ:

According to the Iranian mythology, “HAJJI FIRUZ” or “HAGIOS NABARZE” which means holy victor with 3500 years BC was an ancient herald from “SIYAVASH” and underworld who was in a red dress and his face was colored black like a face mask, speaks or sings inarticulate. He came to earth in the stolen five days (in ancient Iranian belief, year had 12 months with 30 days, so we have 5 days left and these five days are archaic and must turn to new days with ceremonies). He is a messenger of light and blessing and in return, he wants a gift which is insurance of blessing of the new year. In the Iranian traditional puppetry shows the character "MOBARAK " is a symbol of above mentioned concepts, too. Unfortunately, this myth is not popular these days and most of people just pay attention to the superficial aspects of puppetry performances.

The overview

The problem of poverty in children is one of the issues that has been the subject of many world-famous stories such as Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. The story of " Stealing the white umbrella from a shop which is selling happiness " is narrated from the point of view of a poor and homeless girl in a chaotic society who is forced to work and live as an individual in a fantasy and dreamlike atmosphere. Despite the great popularity of the fantasy genre in world cinema, in Iran, it is one of the genres that has not been paid much attention to, in the cinema. Therefore, this genre is considered one of the limited genres in the script works, perhaps the reason is the lack of acceptance by the audience or the lack of funding from the producers. So, writing fantasy scripts in Iran requires more courage due to the lack of similar examples.

"Stealing the white umbrella from a shop which is selling happiness" tells the story of a girl who works in a toy store.

Awards & Honors

Honorable Mention at a Royal chance film festival of America

Semi Finalist at the 10th Wild Screen Film and Music Video Festival

Finalist at the 7th Global Youth Film Festival

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