Fiction — Bita Shafipour

LAST NIGHT IN EDINBURGH (2015)

When two teen sisters discover that their family holiday abroad is really a plan by their parents to deliver them both into forced marriages, the girls flee home to find their own ways of remaining in Edinburgh, testing the limits of their bond and the resolve of the adults who control their futures.

Starring Hannah Ord, Hiftu Quasem (Killing Eve), Maryam Hamidi, Amir Rahimzadeh

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AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

BAFTA Scotland New Talent 2015 Winner - Best Actress Award, Hannah Ord , Nominee - Best Drama, Bita Shafipour & Chris Boyd

SEATTLE SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL, 2016 Winner - Best Director, Bita Shafipour, Nominee - Best New Talent, Hannah Ord

GLOBAL CINEMA FILM FESTIVAL OF BOSTON, 2017 Winner - Best Narrative Film, Bita Shafipour

CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL, 2016 Nominee - Best Director, Bita Shafipour

Socially Relevant Film Festival, NY, 2017 Winner - The Vanya Exerjian: Empowering Women and Girls Award

West Chester Film Festival, PA, 2017 Nominee - Best Female Filmmaker

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

21st Palm Springs International ShortFest, 2015

Awareness Film Festival 2015, Los Angeles

Chicago International Social Change Festival 2015

Reel Women's Movie Marathon 2015, Palm Springs

Edinburgh Short Film Festival, 2015

London Short Film Festival, 2016

British Shorts Film Festival, Berlin 2016

POWFest Power of Women in Film, Portland Oregon 2016

Συν Festival Edinburgh, 2016

The Golden Linden International Film Festival of New European Cinema, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016

Human Rights Film Festival of Barcelona, 2016

NY International Short Film Festival, 2016 New York City

California Women's Film Festival, 2016 Hollywood

Paris Feminist and Lesbian Film Festival, 2016

Seattle Short Film Festival, 2016

MONTECATINI INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, 2016

Savanah International Film Festival - Global Shorts Forum, 2016

LA FEMME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL LOS ANGELES, 2016

Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston, 2017

"Women In the World" Women's History Month Film Festival, New Jersey, 2017

Socially Relevant Film Festival NY, 2017

West Chester Film Festival, PA 2017

LA Opera Connects in conjunction with the Eurydice Found Festival, January 2020

Premiered at the Oscar qualifying BAFTA Scotland in the UK and Palm Springs Short Film Fest in the US.

Shot on location in Edinburgh, UK starring Hiftu Quasem, Hannah Ord, Maryam Hamidi and Amir Rahimzadeh.

“Shafipour, who co-wrote the script with Christopher M. Boyd, infuses the film with a sense of urgency yet never completely forsakes those familial ties, an approach that deepens the film's meaning and the audience's investment in everything that's at stake”. Richard Propes - The Independent Critic