FANA: Back in a Sec
A high-speed drive ends in a violent crash and a confrontation with mortality. Conceived, directed, animated, and completed independently amid severe internet disruptions in Iran.
IN DEVELOPMENT
FANA: Dead Hour
After a rocket destroys her apartment, Ahu flees through the ruins of her city and descends into a subterranean purgatory where the dead wait in silence.
About
Ahu has only ever experienced war through a screen.
Then a rocket destroys her apartment.
Thrown into the streets of a collapsing city, she witnesses civilians hunted by masked forces and fights for her life beneath the rubble of her building. Escaping through a structural fracture, she descends an endless concrete stairway into darkness.
There, Ahu finds thousands of the dead waiting in silence, including the neighbors she watched die moments earlier.
FANA: Dead Hour is a dialogue-free film about war, displacement, survival, and the moment distant violence becomes immediate and impossible to ignore.
Current Status
The film is in development and currently seeking producers, funding partners, and production support.
Project details
Written and directed by Rita Rahimi. In development; planned runtime: 5–7 minutes.
Release year and full production credits will be confirmed as the project develops.
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