My Favourite Cake (Mon gâteau préféré)
Fiction, Iran, France, Germany, Sweden (2023 – 84 min)
Written and directed by
Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam
Seventy-year-old Mahin lives alone, until she decides to break her solitary routine and revitalize her love life. But as she opens up to romance, an unexpected encounter quickly evolves into an unforgettable evening.
Production
Filmsazan Javan
Caractères Productions
Watchmen Productions
HOBAB
Festivals
Berlinale 2024 (International Competition), Festival du Film de Cabourg 2024 (Grand Prix du Jury), Festival 2 Cinéma 2 Valenciennes (Prix de la Révélation, Prix de la Critique), Festival du film de Montreuil (Prix du Public), Festival de la Rochelle, Festival International du Film d’Amiens (Prix du Public, Mention Spéciale Long-Métrage, Mention Spéciale Etudiants UPJV), Festival Du Film De Société Royan, Festival d’avant-premières Télérama, Festival du film de Sarlat, Festival du film de Muret, Festival Ciné du Monde, Festival Femme !, Rencontres Cinématographiques Cannes, Festival Cinédélices, Festival Ecran Total, Utopies dans les toiles, Melbourne International Film Festival, Film Fest Gent, Sarajevo Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Cinéfest Sudbury (Outstanding International Feature Film Festival), Calgary International Film Festival (Best International Feature), Vancouver International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International, Iranian Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Vilnius International Film Festival, Festival international du cinéma d’auteur de Rabat, New Zealand International Film Festival, International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Camera, New Horizons International Film Festival, Durban International Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, Asian Film Festival Barcelona, Zurich Film Festival, Instanbul Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival (Silver Hugo), Philadelphia Film Festival, AFI Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Distribution
Arizona Distribution (France)
Alamode Filmverleih (Germany)
Curzon (UK)
Cherry Pickers (Benelux)
Cineworx (Switzeland)
YENI BIR (Turkey)
Camera Film (Denmark)
Triat (Sweden)
Cinema Mondo (Finland)
Weird Wave (Greece)
Academy Two (Italy)
Arthaus (Norway)
Alambique (Portugal)
A Contracorriente (Spain)
Kino Pavasaris (Baltics)
Demiurg (Balkans)
Beta Film (Bulgaria)
Bio Paradis (Iceland)
Cirko (Hungary)
AURORA (Poland)
VENDETTA (Australia & New Zealand)
Imovision (Brazil)
Falcon (Indonesia)
CINEPLEX (Colombia)
THE PLOT (Middle East & North Africa)
SWALLOW WINGS (Taiwan)
