Only Sound Remains

In the wake of the violent post-election protests in Iran, a man and his wife, Babak and Nahid, try to hide the devastating news from Babak’s grandmother that his brother is missing.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has been digitised but due to rights and access requirements can only be viewed onsite at ACMI over WiFi or by an access request.

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

director

Arash Ashtiani

editor

Aliocha Allard

Pierre-Alain Giraud

producer

Anshu Poddar

production company

London Film School

Duration

00:14:53:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

2010

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B2002801

Languages

English

Persian

Audience classification

Mediatheque - not for children (ACMI classified)

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Iran

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Iran - Social life and customs

Drama

Foreign language films

History → Iran - History

Places → Iran

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/117401--only-sound-remains/ |title=Only Sound Remains |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=21 March 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

United Kingdom, 2010