Original name: Kömür
English name: Charcoal
Year: 2019
Run time: 86'
Language: Azerbaijani, Persian
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: Iran | France          
Director: Esmaeel Monsef

Producer: Etienne de Ricaud
Cast: Hadi Eftekharzadeh, Farid Adhami, Jila Shahi, Yousef Yazdani
Screenplay: Esmaeel Monsef
Cinematographer: Mohammad Reza Jahanpanah
Editor:             Esmaeel Monsef
Sound Designer:  Hassan Shabankareh
Music Composer: Mehdi Naderi
Production Designer: Saeid Asadi, Etienne de Ricaud, Esmaeel Monsef
Production Company:  Caracters Company, Alias Film
World Sales:  Caracteres Productions
World Sales Phone: +33689764984
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Festivals:
Fajr IFF 2019
Selected  Filmography:
2019 Charcoal
2015 Tears (Short)
2012 Under The Colours (Short)
2010 Oyan (Short)
Director’s Biography:
Esmaeel Monsef  was born in 1976 in Ardebil, Iran. He has directed three short films: Oyan (2010), Under the Colors (2012), Tears (2015) which were presented at Clermont Ferrand, Teluride USA, Leeds, Winterthur FF. As an editor he has worked on feature films such as, A Minor Leap Down, Without Borders and also documentaries such as I Want to be a King, Wining, The Rock and Slowness. Charcoal is his debut feature as a director.
Synopsis:  A young man in rural Iran returns home from prison, putting his family into an even more precarious situation, as they are now heavily indebted, trying to pay off the compensations for his crimes.