Ali Asgari, an alumnus of Berlinale Talent Campus 2013, and Farnoosh Samadi are filmmakers from Iran. After studying cinema in Italy, the two created short films “More Than Two Hours” and “The Baby” that are nominated to international film festivals including Cannes, Sundance and Venice. They are currently co-writing a feature film that has been accepted to the Cinefondation Residence. “The Silence” is Ali's first Iranian production as well as Farnoosh's directorial debut.