Iran / 2025 / Fiction / 14’0”I2601899
Kiana is a 9-year-old girl who, during the recent political upheaval in Iran, witnessed the arrest of her mother by military and security forces. Following this event, she becomes severely traumatized and discovers that she can create changes in her surroundings with the magical powers of her drawing notebook. Kiana decides to depict a beautiful world in her notebook, and since her only wish is to bring her mother back home, she attempts to bring her mother back through her drawings. However, the illusions and the effects of the event, along with the fear that has infiltrated her being, lead security soldiers into her drawings, destroying the beautiful world of her imagination. Eventually, she finds a solution, to use the magical powers of her drawing notebook, to reach her mother.
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