
Homo Sapiens Project (201) (2002-2021)
Fantasy
Overview
Homo Sapiens Project (201) was completed in 2021 as part of re-envisioning and restructuring Rashidi's filmography. This nineteen-hour experimental feature is constituted from many feature films produced between 2002 to 2014. These experimental features were made as a type of test or trial experiment. Rashidi assembled the films from footage accumulated over the years, archival footage, found footage and rushes donated by his close collaborators.
Top Cast


Rouzbeh Rashidi
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Ehsan Safarpour
Ehsan Safarpour
Ehsan Safarpour
Pooria Nick Dell
Pooria Nick Dell
Pooria Nick Dell
Mohammad Nick Dell
Mohammad Nick Dell
Mohammad Nick Dell


Atoosa Pour Hosseini
Atoosa Pour Hosseini
Atoosa Pour Hosseini
Behnam Fathi
Behnam Fathi
Behnam Fathi
Ali Vakilian
Ali Vakilian
Ali Vakilian
Borna Izadpanah
Borna Izadpanah
Borna Izadpanah
Reza Rashidi
Reza Rashidi
Reza Rashidi
Nasser Rashidi
Nasser Rashidi
Nasser Rashidi
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