A Minor Leap Down

A Minor Leap Down (Persian: پریدن از ارتفاع کم, romanized: Paridan Az Ertefa-e Kam) is a 2015 Iranian drama film directed and written by Hamed Rajabi.^[1] It had its world premiere at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2015.^[2]

A Minor Leap Down
Film poster
Directed by	Hamed Rajabi
Written by	Hamed Rajabi
Produced by	Majid Barzegar Saeed Armand Etienne de Ricaud Nader T. Homayoun
Starring	Negar Javaherian Rambod Javan
Cinematography	Majid Gorjiyan
Edited by	Esmail Monsef
Release dates	February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05) (Berlinale) March 18, 2015 (2015-03-18) (Iran)
Running time	88 minutes
Countries	Iran France
Language	Persian

The film was released on March 18, 2015, in Iran theatrically.^[3][4]

Premise

Nahal (Negar Javaherian), who is four months pregnant, suddenly realizes that the fetus has died in her belly. she keeps silent and decides not to tell anyone about this incident.

Cast

• Negar Javaherian as Nahal
• Rambod Javan as Babak
• Mehri Al Agha as Nahal's mother
• Mahmoud Behrouzian as Nahal's father
• Sadaf Ahmadi as Negar
• Shafagh Shokri as Nahal's sister^[5]

Reception

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2015	Berlin International Film Festival	FIPRESCI Prize (panorama)	Hamed Rajabi	Won	[6]
		Best First Feature Award		Nominated