# Method to My Madness (2024)

روش دیوانگی

Written by Behrang Mortazavian. Directed by Behrang Mortazavian and Hoda Hamzehali.

- Year: 2024
- Runtime: 78 minutes
- Language: Persian
- Countries: Iran, Türkiye

## Synopsis

Kamand, a young videographer, is invited to a remote villa to film a 24-hour project. She soon realizes she is dealing with two mysterious women, Tina and Nazy, who blend reality with play.

In a hallucinatory, unhinged atmosphere, the line between performance and truth collapses, and Kamand is drawn into a game in which neither her role nor her way out is clear.

## Credits

- Directed by: Behrang Mortazavian, Hoda Hamzehali
- Written by: Behrang Mortazavian
- Produced by: Idin Pezeshki, Sina Saeidian
- Music: Milad Porghoveh, Moein Porghoveh
- Cast: Mina Zaman (Kamand), Ava Sharifi (Tina), Maryam Khalili (Nazy), Ebrahim Azizi (Mani)

## Awards

- Best Foreign Feature Film, Synergy Film Festival (USA), 2025
- Best Feature Film, Audience Award, Feedback Female Film Festival (Canada and USA), 2025
- Best Foreign Film, Second Place, Manhattanhenge Film Festival (USA), 2025
- Best Director, Third Place, Manhattanhenge Film Festival (USA), 2025

## Nominations

- Best Feature Film, Synergy Film Festival (USA), 2025
- Best Feature Film, Montgomery International Film Festival (USA), 2025

## Official selections

- Official Selection, Feature Competition, Winter Film Festival, New York (USA), 2026
- Official Selection, BitchFest Film Festival (USA), 2026
- Official Selection, Las Vegas International Film & Screenwriting Festival (USA), 2025
- Official Selection, Terni Film Festival (Italy), 2025
- Official Selection, Gothamite Film Festival (USA), 2025

## Press and media

- [Method to My Madness: Finding Authenticity Through Filmmaking](https://winterfilmfest.org/wff2026/wff26-interviews/interview-method-to-my-madness/): Interview and analysis by Ashley Cohen, Winter Film Festival, February 2026.
- [Audience reactions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmkPxNDQcvY): Viewers respond after the screening at the Feedback Female Film Festival, September 2025.

- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39050534/
- Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/method-to-my-madness/

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