1001 Frames

Official Selection, 2025 Berlinale International Film Festival
Official Selection, 2025 Melbourne International Film Festival

In the studio of a well-known director, female actors audition for the role of Scheherazade in “A Thousand and One Nights”. But the women gradually realize that the director has more in mind than just casting the leading role. Auditioning for this dream role becomes a nightmare in this form-blurring thriller that explores the abuse of power and the complexities and horror that many experience not only in the film business but in many more mundane spaces.

Film Content Advisory: Contains themes of sexual abuse, coercion, and psychological distress related to power dynamics in an audition setting; viewer discretion advised.

Credits
Writer: Mehrnoush Alia
Producer: Mohammad Aghebati, Mehrnoush Alia, Sina Sharbafi
Executive Producer: Mohsen Hejrat
Director of Photography: Hamed Hosseini Sangari
Editor: Mehrnoush Alia
Production Designer: Morteza Farbod, Hamed Hosseini Sangari
Composer: Ava Rasti
Sound Designer: Amirhossein Ghasemi
Music: Ava Rasti
Casting Director: Mohammad AGHEBATI
Costume Designer: Negar NEMATI
Colorist: Farhad GHODSI
Additional Edit: Sepideh ABDOLVAHAB
Assistant Editor: Shiva ASHKTORAB
Sound Recordist: Milad MALEKI
Additional Sound Recordist: Ashkan TOLOUOEIAN
Assistant Director: Fereshteh ALIYARI
Assistant Set Designer: Mojtaba DASHTI
Associate Producer: Dominique Welinski
Production Manager: Salar SAEEDI
Photographer: Hamed HOSSEINI SANGARI
Poster Designer & Title: Maryam BARADARAN
Singer: Mahtab JURABCHI
Trumpet Player: Sardar SARMAST
Mix & Mastering: Nima POURKARIMI