The Annoyed


The Annoyed is a 2023 Iranian drama film written and directed by Mehdi Fard Ghaderi. The film focuses on three Iranian filmmakers who want to make a film about society's problems; women's rights and execution. The Annoyed was Ghaderi's third feature film after Immortality and Weightlessness.
The world premiere of The Annoyed was in the main competition of the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival. Also, the film premiered in North America at the St. Louis International Film Festival.

Plot

Episodic film. It is the story of three directors who try to make a film about social problems such as violence against women and executions.
The director wants to emigrate, but learns that his actor is being executed, so he decides to make a film about the execution. The director wants to make a film about violence against women, but is opposed by her husband. An old director who is told by a doctor that he has cancer and wants to make the last film of his life.
Each of these filmmakers makes a different genre of film and belongs to a different generation.

Cast

Reception

The premiere of The Annoyed was at the Shanghai International Film Festival in China. After that, the film was shown in several international festivals including; St. Louis International Film Festival in the United States and the Kerala International Film Festival in India.
The Annoyed was screened in fifteen international film festivals and received awards in Tajikistan and Mexico.