FIREFLIES
synopsis
Ramin is a young gay man in his 30s who fled the repression in Iran and arrived to Veracruz after traveling clandestinely on a boat from Turkey. While coping with the distance that he has taken with his loved-ones, he begins to discover a freer life here, far from Iran.
| international title: | Fireflies |
| original title: | Luciérnagas |
| country: | Mexico, United States, Greece, Dominican Republic |
| year: | 2018 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Bani Khoshnoudi |
| screenplay: | Bani Khoshnoudi, Elsa Reyes |
| cast: | Arash Marandi, Flor Eduarda Gurrola, Luis Alberti, Eligio Meléndez, Eduardo Mendizábal |
| cinematography by: | Benjamín Echazarreta |
| film editing: | Gilberto González Penilla, Miguel Schverdfinger |
| art director: | Florent Vitse |
| producer: | Bani Khoshnoudi, Elsa Reyes |
| co-producer: | Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán, Athina Rachel Tsangari |
| associate producer: | Janja Kralj |
| line producer: | Yadhira Mata |
| production: | Haos Film, Zensky Cine (MX), Pensée Sauvage Films (US), Foprocine (MX), Aurora Dominicana (DO) |
