Melody (2023 film)

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Melody
Promotional release poster
Directed by	Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
Written by	Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
Produced by	Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
Starring	Diman Zandi
Cinematography	Ali Mohammad Ghasemi
Edited by	Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
Music by	Fouad Samiei
Production companies	NAMA Film Serafina TV
Distributed by	DreamLabFilms
Release date	November 24, 2023 (2023-11-24) (Goa)
Running time	85 minutes
Countries	Tajikistan Iran
Language	Tajik Persian

Melody (Persian: ملودی; Tajik: Мелодия, romanized: Melodiya) is a 2023 Tajikistani-Iranian drama film written, directed, produced and edited by Behrouz Sebt Rasoul.^[1] The film follows a music teacher, Melody who wants to compose a heartfelt piece for children fighting cancer, using the sound of 30 birds.^[2]

The film was twice selected as the Tajikistan entry for the Best International Feature Film, at the 96th and 97th Academy Awards.^[3] In 2023, the film did not appear on the final list because it was not submit on time,^[4][5] one year later the country officially submitted the film again.^[6][7]

At a children's cancer center, Melody teaches music to 30 children. He wants to compose a piece of music using the sounds of 30 different birds. A simple task, but when they only find 20 birds, Melody accompanied by Mango, a mute housekeeper, will embark on an old singer who knows where the rest of the birds that are being hunted are.^[2]

• Diman Zandi as Melody^[8]
• Alireza Ostadi as Old Singer
• Meghdad Eslami as Mango
• Safar Hakadodov as Groom's father
• Zulfiya Sadikova as Groom's mother

This is a collaborative effort of the state-owned Tajikistan broadcaster, TV Safina and directors's own film company in Tehran, Nama Film.^[9]

The movie was selected to be screened at the 54th International Film Festival of India and had its first international screening in the Cinema of the World section.^[10][11] The film was also selected for the 21st Chennai Film Festival,^[12][13][14] the 24th Keswick Film Festival competition section,^[15][16][17] the 42th Fajr International Film Festival,^[18] the Competition section in 10th Iranian Film Festival Zurich 2024^[19]

the Panorama section of 11th the Silk Road Festival 2024.^[20][21] The film participated in the Competition section in the 23th ImagineIndia Int’l Film Festival, Madrid – Spain and won in three sections and was nominated in two sections.^{[22][23][24][25]}

The film was released in Tajikistan on December 25, 2023.^[26] International sales were managed by France's Dreamlab Films.^[27]

• List of submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
• List of Tajikistani submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

• Melody at IMDb
• Official Page
• List of submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
• List of Asian films