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For Iranian director and co-writer Cyrus Neshvad, bringing the story of The Red Suitcase to life was a matter of urgency. The film follows the harrowing journey of a 16-year-old Iranian girl as she attempts to flee an airport undetected by the man that she’s been sent off to marry. One of the short’s most instrumental scenes involves the girl removing her hijab for her safety, but also at the detriment of defying her culture. Considering the timely release of his short film coinciding with the recent female-led anti-hijab protests in Iran, Neshvad explains, “I don’t want the movie to be political. I just wanted to give this message that we should be free to do what we want… when I did this movie, I said, ‘I want a woman who has the choice to take this off, even if it’s for her freedom, for her free will.'”
Here Neshvad discusses freedom for Iranian women, the importance of expression, and the symbolism behind The Red Suitcase.
DEADLINE: What was the inspiration behind making this short film?
CYRUS NESHVAD: During one dinner, my mother, who is connected with Iran because we have half of our families still living there, mentioned that women are disappearing for a ridiculous reason sometimes because their hijab [is considered to] not be [a] good [way to wear it], or they say something which is not accepted so they’re just disappearing and they were never appearing back. So, for me, this was frightening information. And this was back in 2020 when nobody was talking about this; I was terrified. So, I said, “I really want to do something about it,” because it’s also my home country. So, I decided to talk about this, even if it’s in a short movie. And then I decided to have this girl, an Iranian girl with a hijab on her
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