An incredible compilation of six Iranian documentaries and narratives. Both thought-provoking and brave, several of the topics covered are taboo in their country, but these directors and filmmakers take a chance to explore and expose, inform and celebrate. We had several incredible Iranian films submitted this year - it was hard to select just a few for our Spotlight.
Delve into this fascinating collection of short films and then order your ticket for HIT THE ROAD, from director Panah Panahi, and the shorts program Short Narratives 1: PEOPLE & THE ARTS featuring THE PYLON, another short film from Iran, directed by Babak Mostafav.:
AT HIS EIGHT by Reza Shad
TIME TO LOSE by Mohammadreza Beheshti
LIBIDO by Saeed Dashti
PARIZAD by Mehdi Imani Shahmiri
SHI by Ehsan Lesani and Minoo Bina
WHERE THE WINDS DIE by Pejman Alipour
Keshvar is a lonely old woman crafting an ancient and unknown and woven Textile. she tells us a strange story too, a tale of a fairy and a Shepherd who came to their village one day...
Part of our Short Docs & Narratives: SPOTLIGHT ON IRAN
Director: Mehdi Imani Shahmiri
Director's Statement:
Iran is a country of tribes and full of unknown local cultures.
Mysterious rituals and myths that have their roots tied to the invisible millennias of history.
One of these cultures belongs to the rural people of Mazandaran.
People who live in the heart of the Alborz Mountains and the southern shores of the Caspian Sea and have preserved their handicrafts to a large extent.
Gelij is one of the oldest and most complex handicrafts of these people and perhaps all of Iran, which remains in only one village and with the death of the last weavers, the Gelij will also disappears.
One of the weavers is an old woman named Keshvar, who also has a strange and unique legend in her heart.
(Subtitles)
- Year2021
- Runtime24 minutes
- LanguagePersian
- CountryIran, Islamic Republic of
- PremiereOregon
- DirectorMehdi Imani Shahmiri
- ScreenwriterMehdi Imani Shahmiri
- ProducerMehdi Imani Shahmiri
- CastKeshvar Jafari
- CinematographerZaniar Lotfi
- EditorSadra Shargh
- Sound DesignAmir Reza Sabaghian
- MusicMohammad Ghadir, Reza Feizi
An incredible compilation of six Iranian documentaries and narratives. Both thought-provoking and brave, several of the topics covered are taboo in their country, but these directors and filmmakers take a chance to explore and expose, inform and celebrate. We had several incredible Iranian films submitted this year - it was hard to select just a few for our Spotlight.
Delve into this fascinating collection of short films and then order your ticket for HIT THE ROAD, from director Panah Panahi, and the shorts program Short Narratives 1: PEOPLE & THE ARTS featuring THE PYLON, another short film from Iran, directed by Babak Mostafav.:
AT HIS EIGHT by Reza Shad
TIME TO LOSE by Mohammadreza Beheshti
LIBIDO by Saeed Dashti
PARIZAD by Mehdi Imani Shahmiri
SHI by Ehsan Lesani and Minoo Bina
WHERE THE WINDS DIE by Pejman Alipour
Keshvar is a lonely old woman crafting an ancient and unknown and woven Textile. she tells us a strange story too, a tale of a fairy and a Shepherd who came to their village one day...
Part of our Short Docs & Narratives: SPOTLIGHT ON IRAN
Director: Mehdi Imani Shahmiri
Director's Statement:
Iran is a country of tribes and full of unknown local cultures.
Mysterious rituals and myths that have their roots tied to the invisible millennias of history.
One of these cultures belongs to the rural people of Mazandaran.
People who live in the heart of the Alborz Mountains and the southern shores of the Caspian Sea and have preserved their handicrafts to a large extent.
Gelij is one of the oldest and most complex handicrafts of these people and perhaps all of Iran, which remains in only one village and with the death of the last weavers, the Gelij will also disappears.
One of the weavers is an old woman named Keshvar, who also has a strange and unique legend in her heart.
(Subtitles)
- Year2021
- Runtime24 minutes
- LanguagePersian
- CountryIran, Islamic Republic of
- PremiereOregon
- DirectorMehdi Imani Shahmiri
- ScreenwriterMehdi Imani Shahmiri
- ProducerMehdi Imani Shahmiri
- CastKeshvar Jafari
- CinematographerZaniar Lotfi
- EditorSadra Shargh
- Sound DesignAmir Reza Sabaghian
- MusicMohammad Ghadir, Reza Feizi
