Short film

Aban + Khorshid

2014 · 15 min

A tender, devastating glimpse of love under sentence of death, alternating warm memories with the cold dread of the gallows.

Overview: Inspired by true events, Aban + Khorshid is an intimate portrait of two lovers, glimpsing into the world in which they met, moments before their execution for being gay.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and romantic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Love, death, isolation, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
death
isolation
identity
grief
Places: prison
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild