World War III (2022 film)

World War III
Film poster
Directed byHouman Seyyedi
Written byHouman Seyyedi
Arian Vazirdaftari
Azad Jafarian
Produced byHouman Seyyedi
StarringMohsen Tanabandeh
Mahsa Hejazi
Navid Nosrati
Neda Jebraeili
CinematographyPeyman Shadmanfar
Edited byHouman Seyyedi
Music byBamdad Afshar
Production
company
Namava
Distributed byIranian Independents
Shayesteh Film
Release dates
  • September 7, 2022 (2022-09-07) (Venice)
  • October 6, 2022 (2022-10-06) (Iran)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

World War III (Persian: جنگ جهانی سوم, romanized: Jang-e jahāni-e sevvom) is a 2022 Iranian thriller drama film co-written, directed, produced and edited by Houman Seyyedi. The film stars Mohsen Tanabandeh, Mahsa Hejazi, Neda Jebraeili and Navid Nosrati. It was selected as the Iran entry for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.

World War III competed for the Orizzonti Award at the 79th Venice International Film Festival where it won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actor and the Orizzonti Award for Best Film.