{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox film | name = Eight O'clock | image = "Eight O'Clock".jpg | alt = | caption = 2021 poster for ''Eight O'Clock'' | director = Mostafa Gholami | writer = Alireza Taji | producer = Mostafa Gholami <br>Asghar Abbasi | starring = Rahmatollah Shekarkhandeh <br>Pouya Safdarpour<br>Amin Heidari<br>Diba Fallah | narrator = | cinematography = Hamid Pourgholam | editing = | music = | studio = | distributor = Daria Film | released = {{Film date|2021|10|18|df=y}} | runtime = 10 minutes 23 seconds | country = Iran | language = Persian | budget = 1,500 USD }}
'''Eight O'clock''' is a 2021 Iranian short film with a social theme, directed, and co-produced by Mostafa Gholami.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gholami: When I saw Reza Ruigiri in the nursing home, I remembered "Eight O'clock"! |url=https://sahebnews.ir/1181689/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=sahebnews.ir}}</ref> The film deals with the social issues of Iranian culture. The film is about an old man named Hamed who returns to his youth due to Alzheimer's disease and comes to propose to his wife. ''Eight O'clock'' was nominated for the best film at the up-and-coming Int Film Festival in Hanover, Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Internationales Film Festival Hannover |url=https://festival.up-and-coming.de/festival_archiv/festival_2021/stream_--_internationaler_wettbewerb/filme_a-z_internationaler_wettbewerb.1115.0.0.html?tx_uacfilm_list%5Bfilm%5D=5870&tx_uacfilm_list%5Bcontroller%5D=Film&cHash=c51c5240c17a61a1500c45e62e4a2be5#videoplayer |access-date=2024-11-24}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title='Eight O'clock' in the running at Int'l Film Festival Hanover |url=https://en.ifilmtv.ir/News/Content/36915/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=ifilm-آیفیلم |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=12 Iranian films in three international events |url=https://shortfilmnews.com/news/2146473617/12 |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=shortfilmnews.com |language=fa}}</ref>
== Storyline == It tells a love story. This work shows the love of a young man named Hamed to a girl named Niloufar. The main character of the story is an old man named Hamed who is taken care of by his children Saeed and Sara. Hamed returned to his youth due to Alzheimer's disease and proposed to his wife Niloufar. Hamed thinks that his children are Niloufar's brother and sister. His wife died many years ago. In the continuation of the story, his son Saeed wants to take his father to a nursing home due to the ruling problems, but his daughter Sara disagrees with this theory and there are differences between them. At this time, the main event of the story takes place, something that transforms the audience.<ref>{{Citation |last=Gholami |first=Mostafa |title=Eight O'clock |date=2021-12-01 |type=Short, Drama, Family |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28555717/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |others=Diba Fallah, Amin Heidari, Rahmatollah Shekar Khande}}</ref>
== Awards and nominations ==
* Nominated for the best film award at the 16th Hanover Short Film Festival, Germany.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> * Qualifying for the quarter-finals for the 10th International Film Festival of "WideScreen" in Toronto, Canada. * The selected of the 13th International Film Festival of "RNAP" in Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web |last=kayhan.ir |date= |title=Brazil's RNAB Hosts Lineup of Iranian Films |url=https://kayhan.ir/en/news/101117/brazil%E2%80%99s-rnab-hosts-lineup-of-iranian-films |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=en |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=jamejamonline |date= |title="Eight O'Clock" qualified for the competition section of RNAP Brazil Festival |url=https://jamejamonline.ir/fa/news/1359017/ |archive-url= |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=fa |language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-17 |title=Brazil's RNAB Hosts Lineup of Iranian Films |url=https://kayhan.ir/files/en/publication/pages/1400/12/25/2249_17945.pdf |archive-url=https://kayhan.ir/files/en/publication/pages/1400/12/25/ |archive-date=2024-11-22 |website=newspaper Keyhan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Eight O |url=https://en.ifilmtv.ir/news/content/38551 |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=ifilm-آیفیلم |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Arrival of "8 o'clock" to Brazil |url=https://www.jamejamdaily.ir/Newspaper/item/135810 |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=www.jamejamdaily.ir |language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ehsanjanansefat |date=2022-03-16 |title="Eight O'Clock" qualified for the competition section of RNAP Brazil Festival |url=https://finallkhabar.ir/29109/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=فینال خبر |language=fa-IR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title="Eight O'clock" entry to the Brazilian Film Festival |url=https://www.magiran.com/article/4280569 |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=www.magiran.com}}</ref> * The selected of the 13th International Film Festival of "OIBFF" in South Korea. * The selected of the 6th International Film Festival of "Duemila30" in Italy. * The Selected of the 5th "ESMoA" International Film Festival in California.<ref>{{Cite web |title='08:00 PM' to vie at ESMoA filmfest |url=https://en.ifilmtv.ir/News/Content/38139/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=ifilm-آیفیلم |language=en}}</ref> * The Selected of the 9th "First-Time Filmmaker Sessions" International Short Film Festival of England.
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== External links == * {{imdb title|28555717|Eight O'clock}}
Category:2021 short films Category:Iranian short films Category:2021 Iranian films Category:2021 Persian-language films
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