Breath
International poster
Directed by	Narges Abyar
Screenplay by	Narges Abyar
Produced by	Mohammad Hosein Gashemi Abouzar Pourmohammadi
Starring	Mehran Ahmadi Pantea Panahiha Gelareh Abbasi Shabnam Moghaddami Jamshid Hashempour Sareh Nour Mousavi [fa]
Narrated by	Sareh Nour Mousavi
Cinematography	Saed Nikzat [fa]
Edited by	Sajjad Pahlevanzadeh
Music by	Massoud Sakhavatdoost
Release date	February 1, 2016 (2016-02-01) (FIFF)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

Breath (Persian: نفس; Nafas) is a 2016 Iranian fantasy drama film directed by Narges Abyar. It was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.^[1]

Plot

Little Bahar lives a life spun from folklore and stories, always with her head in a book. But growing up in Yazd in the 1970s and ’80s, she's at the centre of a country in turmoil: the Shah is overthrown, Ayatollah Khomeini rises to power, and the first shots are fired in a bitter and protracted war with Iraq. Over the span of several years, Bahar finds daydreaming in her own fantasy world is the only way she can make sense of the pain and suffering warring humans inflict on one another.^[2]

Awards and nominations

• The Best Director award at 2016 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - Narges Abyar ^[3]
• The Best Supporting Actress in 34th Fajr Film Festival - Shabnam Moghaddami ^[4]

Music by Massoud Sakhavatdoost