Melody (2023 film)

Melody (Мелодия) is a 2023 Tajik-Iranian mystery drama film written, directed, produced and edited by Behrouz Sebt Rasoul.

It's about the music teacher Melody who wants to compose a heartfelt piece for children fighting cancer, using the sound of 30 birds. The film was selected as the Tajik entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, though it did not appear on the final list Because the Tajikistan could not send that list on time.

The movie Melody selected at the 54th International Film Festival of India and will have its first international screening in the Cinema of the World section.

The movie Melody was selected in the 21st Chennai Film Festival and will be screened on December 14–21.

The movie Melody was selected in the 24th Keswick Film Festival united kingdom february 29-march 3, 2024 competition section.

The movie Melody was selected in the 42th Fajr International Film Festival 2024 Iran country.

The Melody movie participated in the competitive section in the 23th ImagineIndia Int’l Film Festival, Madrid – Spain and won in three sections and was nominated in two sections.

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

Cast
The actors participating in this film are:


 * Diman Zandi as Melody
 * Alireza Ostadi as Old Singer
 * Meghdad Eslami as Mango
 * Safar Hakadodov as Groom's father
 * Zulfiya Sadikova as Groom's mother

Critical reception
Melody has been well received among The Union of Cinematographers of Tajikistan and etc. See full article at IMDB and See full article at ScreenDaily.

Sadullo Rahimov the film critic, FIPRESCI member, Doctor of Philosophy, professor, said about Melody and etc. See full article at NAMAFILM.

See full article at International feature saite.
 * “I must go where the birds are free.”and etc.

Awards and nominations
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! scope="col"| Award ! scope="col"| Date of ceremony ! scope="col"| Recipient(s) ! scope="col"| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Ref(s) ! scope="row"| 96th Academy Awards 96th Academy Awards ! scope="row"| 54th International Film Festival of India,GOA ! scope="row"| 21st Chennai International Film Festival ! scope="row"|24th keswick film festival ! scope="row"|42th Fajr International Film Festival ! scope="row"|23th imagineindia Film Festival, Madrid – Spain
 * 2024
 * Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
 * Tajikistan could not send that list on time
 * 24 November 2023
 * Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
 * first international screen at Cinema of the World section
 * 21 December 2023
 * Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
 * screen at World Cinema section
 * 1 March 2024
 * Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
 * Competitive section
 * 3 February 2024
 * Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
 * Competitive section
 * 2024
 * Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
 * Competitive section:

Won
Ali-Mohammad Ghasemi Payam Hossein Souri Foad Samiei
 * Best Director of Photography:
 * Best Set Designer:
 * Best Original Music:

Nominated
Diman Zandi Mahmoudreza Mousavinejad
 * Best Actress:
 * Best Sound Design:


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Release
before being released commercially in September 2023 in Tajikistani cinemas. International sales are being managed by France's Dreamlab Films.