85 min | 4K | 16:9 | Surround 5.1 | Color | 2020 | Afghanistan/Iran

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Festivals and Awards
Festivals and Awards
- 25th Busan International Film Festival, 21st – 30th October 2020, Busan – South Korea (A Window on Asian Cinema) Winner of Kim Ji Seok Award
- 18th Chennai Int’l Film Festival, 18th – 25th February 2021, Chennai – India
- 10th Iranian Film Festival Australia, 20 May – 16 June 2021, Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney – Australia (Competition Section)
- Visions of Iran Film Festival, May 27th 2021, Koln – Germany
- 9th Asian Film Festival Barcelona, October 27 – November 7, 2021, Barcelona- Spain
- Museum Für Islamische Kunst”/”Pergamon Museum”, November 12th – 14th 2021, Berlin – Germany
- 12th Sama Int’l Film Festival, 26th – 28th November 2021, Stockholm – Sweden (Winner of Best Film Award)
- 9th Bastau Int’l Film Festival, 30 November – 4 December 2021, Almaty – Kazakhstan, (Bastau Focus Section)
- 40th Golden Rooster Awards/Film Festival, 3rd – 16th December 2021, Fujian – China
- National Museum of Asian Art – Smithsonian Institution, 14th – 30th January 2022, Washington DC – Maryland and Virginia, USA
- 26th Kerala Int’l Film Festival, March 18th – 25th 2022, Kerala – India
Cast and Crew
Synopsis
Bio Filmography
Cast and Crew
DROWNING IN HOLY WATER
(Mordan Dar Abe Motahar)- Writer and Director: Navid Mahmoudi
- Director of Photography: Morteza Ghafouri
- Editor: Nima Jafari Jozani
- Music: Sahand Mehdizadeh
- Sound recorder: Mohammad Shahverdi
- Sound designer: Hossein Ghourchian
- Cast: Ali Shadman, Neda Jebreili, Matin Heydarnia, Sadaf Asgari
- Producer: Jamshid Mahmoudi
- Production: Asseman Parvaz Film
Synopsis
Rona and Hamed are two young Afghans who are in love with each other. Searching for a better life, they have decided to immigrate to Europe but they have to make a big decision to make it happen, a decision that relates to their religion and beliefs.
Bio Filmography

Parting | 2016 |
Seven and a Half | 2019 |
Drowning in Holy Water | 2020 |