THE RED SUITCASE

27.11.2025

Short Film Selection/ Luxembourg, 2022, Color, 18'

 
Details
  • Director: Cyrus Neshvad
  • Screenplay: Guillaume Levil, Cyrus Neshvad
  • Editing: Felix Sorger, Yves Dorme
  • Cinematography: Nikos Welter
  • Music: Kyan Bayani
  • Producer: Cyrus Neshvad
  • Production: Cynefilms
  • 2023 European Independent Film Festival Best European Short
  • Kaohsiung Film Festival Best International Short
  • Aesthetica Short Film Festival Best Cinematography
  • Festival Tous Courts Audience Award
  • Sapporo International Short Film Festival Grand Prix, Best Actress
  • 2022 Tirana International Film Festival Best International Short, Best European Short
  • San Diego International Film Festival Best International Short Film
Recap

Luxembourg Airport. Late in the evening. A veiled 16-year-old Iranian girl is visibly frightened to take her red suitcase on the automatic carpet. She keeps pushing back the moment to go through the arrival gate and seems more and more terrified.

Director

Cyrus Neshvad

Cyrus Neshvad is an Iranian an Academy Award Nominee director living in Luxembourg. His short films have been screened at numerous major festivals and have received many awards.

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The Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye organises the annual EU Human Rights Film Days on the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Click here for the list of films.