Elahe returns to her hometown in Mashhad, Iran, to help her parents move to a new place after 40 years.
Influenced by the Woman-Life-Freedom movement, she’s also hoping for a bigger move, not only a new apartment.

NOTE: This is the original version of the documentary. Even if you’ve seen it on Op-Docs, you may want to watch this one, as the Op-Docs cut was a heavily edited version tailored for news audiences.

CINEMA EYE HONORS – Outstanding Nonfiction Short – Nominated
IDA DOCUMENTARY AWARDS – Best Short Documentary – Nominated
BIFA – Best British Short – Nominated

Visions du Réel 2024 – 🏅 Best Short Youth Jury Award
52th Huesca International Film Festival – 🏆 Best Short Documentary
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2024 – Official Selection
International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala – Official Selection
Telluride Film Festival – Filmmakers of Tomorrow Calling Cards
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival – Verite Section
BFI London Film Festival – Official Selection
New Orleans Film Festival – Short Documentary Competition
SFFILM Doc Stories, Op Docs programm
Montclair Film Festival, United States – Official Selection
Uppsala International Short Film Festival – 🏆 Grand Prix & 🏆 Audience Prize
DOK Leipzig – International Competition Documentary Film
Leeds International Film Festival – International Documentary Panorama
INTERFILM – International Short Film Festival Berlin – Documentary Competition
Aesthetica Short Film Festival – Official Selection
St. Louis Ineternational Film Festival – 🏆 Best International Short
Tallin Black Nights International Film Festival – PÖFF Shorts – International Live-action Competition
Izmir Short Film Festival – Panorama Section
DOC NYC – Shorts Competition
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA – Best of Fests
Vilnius Short Film Festival – International Competition
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival – International Competition
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival – Official Selection
REGARD International Short Film Festival in Saguenay – Documentary Competition
Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen – European Competition
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival – Shorts Competition
IndieLisboa – International Film Festival – International Competiton
Vienna Shorts International Film Festival – Documentary Competition
Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival – Documentary Competition
Durban International Film Festival – Short Documentary Competition
One World Media – Best Short Documentary – Nominated
SIMA Awards – 🏆 Best Directing, Short Documentary

A MOVE won Best Pitch Award at Dok Leipzig Short-n-sweet 2023

Written & Directed by Elahe Esmaili,
DOP: Mehdi Azadi
Second Unit Camera: Parsa Karimi
Edit: Delaram Shemirani
Sound Design & Mix: Ensieh Maleki
Composor: Afshin Azizi
Sound recordist: Parsa Karimi
Colorist: Shirin Ekhlasi
Dialoug Editor: Hirad Alavifard
Trailer: Khatoon Faroughi

Produced By: Hossein Behbdoui Rad

A Jumping Ibex production
An Op-Docs documentary
Distribution by Square Eyes
Supported by Pulitzer Center