| Rhino Season | |
| Director: | Bahman Ghobadi |
| Narrator: | Bayan Nassir |
| Music: | Keyhan Kalhor |
| Cinematography: | Touraj Aslani |
| Editing: | Valerie Loiseleux |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | Iran[1] Kurdistan Turkey Iran |
| Language: | Persian Turkish |
| Gross: | $381,529[2] |
Rhino Season (Persian: فصل کرگدن|italic=yes; Fasle Kargadan) is a 2012 Iraqi-Kurdistan-Turkish docufiction film directed by Bahman Ghobadi and presented by Martin Scorsese.[3] Starring Behrouz Vossoughi, Monica Bellucci, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Caner Cindoruk, and Arash Labaf. The movie includes poems read and written by Bayan Nassir.[4]
The film is based on Iranian Kurdish poet and author Sedigh Kamangar, who spent 27 years imprisoned in Iran while his family was told that he was dead. For many years Sadegh's family cried over a fake grave staged by the Iranian government.[5]
On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]
John DeFoe of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Haunting feature that crafts fiction from the inspiration of real-life Kurdish-Iranian poet Sadegh Kamangar. Co-star Monica Bellucci may attract much of the attention Stateside, but the film's ravishing aesthetic and multiple points of political interest will make it fascinating to many cineastes".[7]
| Award | Category | Nominee | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Achievement in Cinematography | Turaj Aslani | ||
| Asian Film Awards | Best Cinematographer | Turaj Aslani | ||
| Best Editor | Valérie Loiseleux | |||
| Best Production Designer | Bahman Ghobadi | |||
| Ali Daryayi | ||||
| Camerimage | Bronze Frog | Turaj Aslani | ||
| Golden Frog | ||||
| Chicago International Film Festival | Gold Hugo for Best International Feature | Bahman Ghobadi | ||
| Cinema Bloggers Awards, Portugal | Best Asian Film | Bahman Ghobadi, Iran | ||
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | Prize of the Jury for Best Cinematography | Turaj Aslani | ||
| Golden Seashell | Bahman Ghobadi | |||
| Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | Grand Prize | Bahman Ghobadi |