Banafshe Hourmazdi

Acting

Banafshe Hourmazdi

Born 1990-01-01 · Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Banafshe Hourmazdi studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts Baden-Württemberg and at the Zurich University of the Arts. She developed and acted in plays at the Ballhaus Naunynstraße Berlin, Münchner Kammerspiele, Theater Oberhausen, Ruhrtriennale and Sophiensaele Berlin. She was awarded the Newcomer Prize by the City of Vienna in 2015 for her production Meine Nase läuft at the Drachengasse Theater. At the 2019 First Steps Awards she won the Götz George Young Talent Award for her acting in the ensemble of Futur Drei.

Acting credits

No Hard Feelings poster
5.6

Parvis, the son of exiled Iranians, copes with life in his small hometown by indulging himself with pop culture, Grindr dates, and raves. After being caught shoplifting, he is sentenced to community service at a refugee shelter where he meets siblings Banafshe and Amon, who have fled Iran. As a romantic attraction between Parvis and Amon grows, the fragile relationship between the three is put to a test.

No Hard Feelings

2020

Cocoon poster
6.1

In the heat of a shimmering Berlin summer, Nora spends her days as a third wheel to her older sister Jule and her best friend Aylin. When Romy comes onto the scene, a friendship blossoms. Nora instantly falls for her, opening up a whole new world and unexpected summer of love.

Cocoon

2020

Slimane poster
5.5

In a Germany in the not too distant future, queer people have become even more marginalized and under threat. On the last day of winter, Omar is released from prison and, unannounced, visits Ava.

Slimane

2023

Yallah Habibi poster
NR

During the day, 18-year-old Elaha argues with her mother about cleaning up, at night she works at the club to move in with her friend Ina. She also uses her quick wit to answer endless questions about her origins.

Yallah Habibi

2021

Mona & Parviz poster
4.0

Two employees of the immigration office pay Mona an unannounced visit to check on the marital relationship between her and her husband Parviz - who is not to be found.

Mona & Parviz

2021

Klandestin WT poster
6.4

Richard, an artist, now lives in Tangier. With his help, the young Moroccan Malik manages to reach Europe, the destination of his dreams. That's where Mathilda, a conservative politician, hides him. Amina, Mathilda's assistant, who finally wants to leave her Moroccan roots behind, is called in as a "mediator" to resolve the problem.

Klandestin WT

2025

A Feast for Life poster
5.8

A fast-paced ensemble comedy about a wedding planner and his thrown-together crew whose meticulously planned celebration gets way out of hand.

A Feast for Life

2023

No artwork available
NR

In a dystopian future world where people are trapped in prescribed, seemingly ideal life forms, a group of resistance fighters plots to overthrow this system.

Phantom Heist

2024

No artwork available
NR

Two friends meet on a summer day. One tells the other about her numb arm, which has felt strange since she got up that morning. The other recounts her encounter with her grieving mother-in-law and her own grief. Meanwhile, an ice cream melts.

Ein Arm ist ein Arm ist ein Arm

2026

No Beast. So Fierce. poster
8.0

In the aftermath of a bloody gang war, the youngest daughter of the victorious Arab clan begins to plot against the men of her family. She kills brothers, nephews, friends and enemies, until she is the undisputed boss of the Berlin underworld. But on her path to the top, she has made powerful enemies...

No Beast. So Fierce.

2025

Octavia's Visions poster
NR

Inspired by the Parables of the African-American futurist author Octavia E. Butler, the film interweaves her worlds with contemporary issues of environmental degradation, far right extremism, and social liberation. The poetic piece expresses a queer utopian imaginary, a longing to create out of the old something new.

Octavia's Visions

2021

Lehrer kann jeder! poster
6.2

Richard lives apart from his wife. He is unemployed. His life is really not running smoothly right now. Rather by chance, he gets into conversation with the director of his daughter's school, who is desperately looking for teachers - which gives Richard an idea. He is a mathematician. And after all, everyone can become a teacher!

Lehrer kann jeder!

2022

Immer der Nase nach poster
4.8

Sorted out - and at almost 50! Both professionally and privately, window dresser Tanja feels like she's been left behind. But she bravely sticks her chin out. Of course she can still keep up, and after one order after another falls through, Tanja is eager to start canvassing. An online course is designed to make her digitally fit. She is so preoccupied with herself that she neglects the most important people around her.

Immer der Nase nach

2021

Familie is nich poster
6.9

Anne lives in a small village in Brandenburg, ready to snap at anyone who crosses her. Her husband has long since passed away, she’s fallen out with the village, and her daughter drove her away years ago. She’s built walls of protection around her heart that are meters high. If no one is there, no one can hurt her—that’s the motto Anne has adopted. Then eight-year-old Tilda shows up at the door, in need of a new home.

Familie is nich

2024

Matze, Kebab und Sauerkraut poster
5.2

Longtime friends Noah and Hakim fall in love with the same woman. Charlotte is a photographer from Bavaria, blonde, blue-eyed, German and Catholic. Noah is Jewish and Hakim is Muslim. The tension between the two friends, the religions and the previously friendly families is thus established.

Matze, Kebab und Sauerkraut

2020

Sonderlage - Das Kind muss sterben poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sonderlage - Das Kind muss sterben

2023

Sonderlage - Der Angriff poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sonderlage - Der Angriff

2023