En attendant Hafez

Short Film (14mn) 2018


Director : Joséphine Simonian

Casting : Sonia Emamzadeh, Marie-Jo Khojandi, Victor Bessière, Gwénola de Luze




An old woman, far from Iran, keeps her homeland alive in the flicker of a television and the smoke of burning esfand. Her granddaughter’s mission: to turn Paris into Tehran for a single, fleeting day—with books, music, and the ghosts of home.

  • Script : Joséphine Simonian, Capucine de Lavigne
  • 1st assistant director : Capucine de Lavigne
  • 2nd assistant director : Cécile Carpaneto
  • Director of photography : Victor Zyński
  • Sound recorders : Amirhossein Hosseini, Damien Frédéric, Damien Prin
  • Makeup artist : Marie Koleda
  • Focus puller : Elise Vray
  • Gaffer : Alexis Levesque


  • Editor : Sylvie Fauthoux, Olivier Michaut-Alchourroun
  • Sound mixer : Matthieu Fraticelli
  • Colorist : Pierre Neveu

Festivals 

P'tit Clap 2019, Levallois-Perret - 3rd Jury Grand Prize | Oaxaca Film Fest



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Jeremy Barlozzo, William Dentz & Kevyn Diana, La Dernière Chance (2026), dir. William Dentz — cinematography Victor Zyński
Caché ou pas
Medium close-up at candlelit dinner table, Caché ou pas (2021), dir. Pascale Mompez — director of photography Victor Zyński
La Dernière Chance
Jeremy Barlozzo, William Dentz & Kevyn Diana, La Dernière Chance (2026), dir. William Dentz — cinematography Victor Zyński
Caché ou pas
Medium close-up at candlelit dinner table, Caché ou pas (2021), dir. Pascale Mompez — director of photography Victor Zyński
La Dernière Chance
Jeremy Barlozzo, William Dentz & Kevyn Diana, La Dernière Chance (2026), dir. William Dentz — cinematography Victor Zyński
Caché ou pas
Medium close-up at candlelit dinner table, Caché ou pas (2021), dir. Pascale Mompez — director of photography Victor Zyński




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