Pear Garden

Director: Shadab Shayegan
Script: Shadab Shayegan
Editing: Revan Sarikaya
Music: Periklis Liakakis
Producer: Shadab Shayegan
Cast: Cheshmeh Ebrahimzadeh, Shahin Taslimi, Nava Hemyari

Germany, Iran 2024
7’04”

Six years old Lily visits her grandmother after grandma had a mastectomy and doesn’t have breasts anymore. At night, Lily finds out that the shadow of grandma has the breasts, Lily follows her and tries to get the breasts back for her grandma.

Shadab Shayegan

Born in Tehran, Iran. At 18, she moved to Vienna to study music composition at the University of Performing Arts. While experimenting with composing sounds, she discovered her interest in combining images with sounds, which led her to explore animation. This passion inspired her to join the Animation and Painting class at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. To further develop her skills, Shadab pursued Animation Directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany. There, she worked on her diploma film “Pear Garden”, which was longlisted for BAFTA student and nominated for Annie Awards and has been shown in many festivals.