About film "Fish on the Hook":

«Fish on the Hook», Tajikistan-Iran, 2025, 76’, 16+. Tajik language, drama, road movie

Script-writer: Bakhtier Karimov

Director: Muhiddin Muzaffar

DoP: Andrey Fedotov

Producers: Amir Tochik, Muhiddin Muzaffar

Cast: Saera Safari, Hurshed Mustafoev, Abdullo Rahimzoda

Synopsis. Daler, a ten-year-old boarding school student, sets out on a journey with Samad, a gambler, to find his mother, Khursheda. Along the way, they face various challenges that help Daler mature and understand the importance of choice. Upon meeting his mother, the boy must make a fateful decision that could change his life forever.

Muhiddin Muzaffar, director of "Fish on the Hook"

About director Muhiddin Muzaffar:

Muhiddin Muzaffar - Film Director, Actor, a member of the Filmmakers’ Union of Tajikistan. He graduated in Film and Theater Acting from the M.Tursunzade Institute of Culture and Arts in Dushanbe (2009), the short-term Filmschool of the Filmmakers’ Union of Tajikistan (2008), the Theater Direction Course by SoundDrama Theater-Studio of V.Pankov in Ilkhom Theater, Tashkent (2013), and the Higher Film Direction Courses in VGIK, Moscow (the workshop by Valery Akhadov, 2021). His films were screened in national and international film festivals in Dushanbe, London, Goa, Kolkata, Mumbai, Cheboksary, Stockholm,Tashkent, Tehran, Almato, Orenburg, Kazan, Berlin...

Filmography;

2017: Bowl (short fiction)

2017: Narrow (feature fiction)

2022: Fortune (feature fiction)

2025: Fish on the hook (feature fiction)