Crack

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Director: Marziye Feyli is an actor and director. She was born in 1988 in Iran. She is holding a BA in theatre acting and directing at Cinema and Theater Faculty of Tehran Art University, and an MA in acting at Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran. She has started her career in the field of theatre and cinema since 2011 acting in twelve plays and ten short films as well as directing two plays and two experimental short film titled "Untitled (Hundred words)", " Prowl " . She has started filmmaking since graduating at Iranian Youth Cinema Society in 2022 and currently She is independently working as an actor, filmmaker and editor. Her first professional experience is a short film titled "Crack."
Producer: Mohammad Feyli (born 1950 in Shiraz, Iran) is a seasoned Iranian actor with more than four decades of experience in theater, film, and television. He began his artistic journey in the 1970s and has since appeared in a wide range of productions, gaining recognition for his strong presence and expressive performances. In recent years, Feyli has also taken on roles behind the camera. He is the producer of *Crack*, a short psychological film directed by Marziye Feyli, which has been selected for international film festivals.
Screenwriter: Marziye Feyli is an independent writer with an academic background in theater directing and acting, who pursues psychological and character-driven storytelling in her works. She places special focus on the inner complexities of teenagers and their emotional concerns in her screenwriting, and has experience writing several screenplays in this field. The screenplay of the short film "Crack" reflects her deep engagement with portraying teenagers' feelings and experiences in a poetic and dramatic language. Committed to authentic and human-centered narratives, She continuously creates stories that explore the inner world of individuals and social issues.

Crack is a 13-minute psychological short film set in a high school in Iran. It follows Nora, a 16-year-old girl who, after being chosen for the next stage of a school drawing competition, becomes overwhelmed with anxiety and pressure. In an act of escape, she deliberately injures herself to avoid the contest. The story unfolds within a confined school environment and builds toward a quiet emotional collapse.
Told entirely from Nora’s perspective, the film employs a minimal-dialogue, symbolic, and highly visual language. The cracked mirror becomes a central metaphor for her fractured emotional state.

The film explores themes of emotional repression, lack of communication, and identity confusion among teenagers, especially girls, in traditional societies. Inspired by the director’s own teenage experience, Crack is a personal yet socially conscious project aimed at young audiences, educators, and mental health advocates.

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