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Maryam's Sins
directed by Parisa Shahandeh, fl. 2003 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 31 mins
In southwest Iran, a man commits a 'chastity murder' -- he beheads his 7-year-old daughter when he believes that she had been raped by her uncle. Through interviews with the family members (including two young children who had witnessed the murder) and law enforcement officers, the after-effects of this horrific...
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directed by Parisa Shahandeh, fl. 2003 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 31 mins
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In southwest Iran, a man commits a 'chastity murder' -- he beheads his 7-year-old daughter when he believes that she had been raped by her uncle. Through interviews with the family members (including two young children who had witnessed the murder) and law enforcement officers, the after-effects of this horrific crime are explored, and the treatment of women in Arab minority tribes laid bare. Festivals: Melbourne International Film Festival; Th...
In southwest Iran, a man commits a 'chastity murder' -- he beheads his 7-year-old daughter when he believes that she had been raped by her uncle. Through interviews with the family members (including two young children who had witnessed the murder) and law enforcement officers, the after-effects of this horrific crime are explored, and the treatment of women in Arab minority tribes laid bare. Festivals: Melbourne International Film Festival; Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival; Mumbai International Film Festival; Tampere International Short Film Festival.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Parisa Shahandeh, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Iranian Independents
Topic / Theme
Law enforcement, Religious beliefs
Copyright Message
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Red, White And The Green
directed by Nader Davoodi, fl. 2012 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 57 mins
Iranians weigh in on the 2009 presidential election, in the weeks prior. Supporters of both Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (then the President of Iran) and Mir-Houssein Mousavi are interviewed. And then, there are those who believe that a rigged voting system will bring about a presidential elect, chosen by the government...
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directed by Nader Davoodi, fl. 2012 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 57 mins
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Iranians weigh in on the 2009 presidential election, in the weeks prior. Supporters of both Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (then the President of Iran) and Mir-Houssein Mousavi are interviewed. And then, there are those who believe that a rigged voting system will bring about a presidential elect, chosen by the government and not by the people. Festivals: Hawaii International Film Festival
Date Written / Recorded
2010-10-19
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Nader Davoodi, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Iranian Independents
Topic / Theme
Elections, Politics
Copyright Message
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Wake Up Arezoo
directed by Kianoosh Ayyari, 1951-; performed by Ehsan Rezvani, fl. 2005, Mahdi Jafari, fl. 2009-2012 and Behnaz Jafari, fl. 1999-2012 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 1 hour 21 mins
Director Kianoosh Ayari's story of human tragedy and survival begins with a devastating earthquake that hits a town and nearby village without warning. He works with only two professional actors and some survivors of the December 26, 2003 earthquake that devastated the 2,000-year-old southern Iranian city of Bam,...
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directed by Kianoosh Ayyari, 1951-; performed by Ehsan Rezvani, fl. 2005, Mahdi Jafari, fl. 2009-2012 and Behnaz Jafari, fl. 1999-2012 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 1 hour 21 mins
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Director Kianoosh Ayari's story of human tragedy and survival begins with a devastating earthquake that hits a town and nearby village without warning. He works with only two professional actors and some survivors of the December 26, 2003 earthquake that devastated the 2,000-year-old southern Iranian city of Bam, leaving 43,000 dead, 20,000 injured and 60,000 homeless. His drama, working with documentary immediacy, recreates all the horror and lo...
Director Kianoosh Ayari's story of human tragedy and survival begins with a devastating earthquake that hits a town and nearby village without warning. He works with only two professional actors and some survivors of the December 26, 2003 earthquake that devastated the 2,000-year-old southern Iranian city of Bam, leaving 43,000 dead, 20,000 injured and 60,000 homeless. His drama, working with documentary immediacy, recreates all the horror and loss and confusion, and also the extraordinary courage, compassion and self-sacrifice that surface at the time of a natural disaster. A woman finds herself a lone survivor of her village, and moves toward Bam. Of the many inhabitants there who are scrambling to extract their friends and loved ones from the rubble, one man whom the quake has released from the confines of his prison cell tries to locate his now unrecognizable house to find his wife, mother, and daughter Arezoo. Like so many other survivors, he must face the terrible possibility that his family is gone. Both dazed, woman teacher and agonized prisoner turn to the work of rescue and recovery.
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Date Written / Recorded
2009-10-19
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Ehsan Rezvani, fl. 2005, Mahdi Jafari, fl. 2009-2012, Behnaz Jafari, fl. 1999-2012
Author / Creator
Kianoosh Ayyari, 1951-, Ehsan Rezvani, fl. 2005, Mahdi Jafari, fl. 2009-2012, Behnaz Jafari, fl. 1999-2012
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Iranian Independents
Topic / Theme
Earthquakes, Family loyalty
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2005 Used by permission of Iranian Independents.
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آن روزهای خوب!
directed by Hassan Rastgar, fl. 2006-2007 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 1 hour 5 mins
This film is in two parts. In the first part, a woman with four kids who is four-months pregnant finds out that she's been infected with HIV. The film follows her and how she's been infected through her once-addicted husband. The couple is just worried if their baby would be infected too, however, this is not an e...
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directed by Hassan Rastgar, fl. 2006-2007 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 1 hour 5 mins
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This film is in two parts. In the first part, a woman with four kids who is four-months pregnant finds out that she's been infected with HIV. The film follows her and how she's been infected through her once-addicted husband. The couple is just worried if their baby would be infected too, however, this is not an easy task for their financial problems and expensive tests as well as the cautious medical teams in clinics and hospitals. In the second...
This film is in two parts. In the first part, a woman with four kids who is four-months pregnant finds out that she's been infected with HIV. The film follows her and how she's been infected through her once-addicted husband. The couple is just worried if their baby would be infected too, however, this is not an easy task for their financial problems and expensive tests as well as the cautious medical teams in clinics and hospitals. In the second part, the director goes back to the family after 3 years when it is the time to find out that if the baby is infected with HIV or not.
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Date Written / Recorded
2009-10-29
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Hassan Rastgar, fl. 2006-2007
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Iranian Independents
Speaker / Narrator
Mina Shadfar, fl. 2007, Fatemeh Mirkhani, fl. 2007, Abbas Mirkhani, fl. 2007
Person Discussed
Mina Shadfar, fl. 2007, Fatemeh Mirkhani, fl. 2007, Abbas Mirkhani, fl. 2007
Topic / Theme
Health, General medical conditions, Pregnancy
Copyright Message
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اسیر، انتظار
directed by Mohammad Ahmadi, fl. 2010-2012 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 23 mins
This lovely short film is in the form of a poetic visual letter composed by an Iranian prisoner of war held in an Iraq concentration camp. During his long twenty-year captivity he writes to his child once a year, not certain if the child is a boy or a girl since his wife was pregnant when he as captured. The film...
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directed by Mohammad Ahmadi, fl. 2010-2012 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 23 mins
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This lovely short film is in the form of a poetic visual letter composed by an Iranian prisoner of war held in an Iraq concentration camp. During his long twenty-year captivity he writes to his child once a year, not certain if the child is a boy or a girl since his wife was pregnant when he as captured. The film offers a rare view inside a crowded POW camp where men play volleyball, chess and walk in circles with their own dreams. We are priv...
This lovely short film is in the form of a poetic visual letter composed by an Iranian prisoner of war held in an Iraq concentration camp. During his long twenty-year captivity he writes to his child once a year, not certain if the child is a boy or a girl since his wife was pregnant when he as captured. The film offers a rare view inside a crowded POW camp where men play volleyball, chess and walk in circles with their own dreams. We are privileged to hear the dreams of one of the nameless prisoners.
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Date Written / Recorded
2009-10-19
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Mohammad Ahmadi, fl. 2010-2012
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Iranian Independents
Topic / Theme
Parenting, Prisoners of war, Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988
Copyright Message
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شاعر زباله ها
directed by Mohammad Ahmadi, fl. 2010-2012; performed by Leila Hatami, 1972-, Mohammad Eskandari, fl. 1971-2005 and Saber Abbar, fl. 2005-2013 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 1 hour 17 mins
After administering rigorous examinations in science, religion and politics, the Iranian government assigns a handful of men from the nation's unemployed millions to the undignified job of street-cleaning. The crew is made up of ambitious young dreamers, including a pilot who stares into the sky and a musician who...
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directed by Mohammad Ahmadi, fl. 2010-2012; performed by Leila Hatami, 1972-, Mohammad Eskandari, fl. 1971-2005 and Saber Abbar, fl. 2005-2013 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 1 hour 17 mins
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After administering rigorous examinations in science, religion and politics, the Iranian government assigns a handful of men from the nation's unemployed millions to the undignified job of street-cleaning. The crew is made up of ambitious young dreamers, including a pilot who stares into the sky and a musician who conducts over an orchestra of trash. One, a childlike poet, assembles scraps of a beautiful widow's unsent letters and reads of her lo...
After administering rigorous examinations in science, religion and politics, the Iranian government assigns a handful of men from the nation's unemployed millions to the undignified job of street-cleaning. The crew is made up of ambitious young dreamers, including a pilot who stares into the sky and a musician who conducts over an orchestra of trash. One, a childlike poet, assembles scraps of a beautiful widow's unsent letters and reads of her lonely hopelessness. To comfort her, he anonymously mails her the discarded poems of a renowned poet, accompanied by anonymous love letters in his own hand. As the two trade words--his in blank envelopes, hers in the trash--his care for this sorrowful woman grows into quiet love. But how could she ever fall for a destitute trashman? A tender, beautiful film, Poet of the Wastes is an eloquent prayer to the uplifting power of literature and simple acts of love. Awards: Won 2006 African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival "City of Milan" Prize, Won 2006 Reel World International Film Festival Outstanding International Feature award, Won 2006 Molodist International Film Festival Ecumenical Award, Won 2006 Didar Film Festival Best Film.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Leila Hatami, 1972-, Mohammad Eskandari, fl. 1971-2005, Saber Abbar, fl. 2005-2013
Author / Creator
Mohammad Ahmadi, fl. 2010-2012, Leila Hatami, 1972-, Mohammad Eskandari, fl. 1971-2005, Saber Abbar, fl. 2005-2013
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Iranian Independents
Topic / Theme
Poverty, Relationships, Religion
Copyright Message
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طلا و مس
directed by Homayoun Asadian, fl. 2005-2012; performed by Javad Ezati, fl. 2009-2011, Behrouz Shaibi, fl. 2011-2011 and Negar Javaherian, fl. 2008-2013 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 1 hour 34 mins
The story focuses on a Koranic student, Seyed, who has just moved to Tehran with his wife, Zahra, and two small children. When Zahra is diagnosed with a debilitating disease, Seyed must learn about things he's never considered, including cooking, shopping, and diaper changing. He studies by day and at night assume...
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directed by Homayoun Asadian, fl. 2005-2012; performed by Javad Ezati, fl. 2009-2011, Behrouz Shaibi, fl. 2011-2011 and Negar Javaherian, fl. 2008-2013 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 1 hour 34 mins
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The story focuses on a Koranic student, Seyed, who has just moved to Tehran with his wife, Zahra, and two small children. When Zahra is diagnosed with a debilitating disease, Seyed must learn about things he's never considered, including cooking, shopping, and diaper changing. He studies by day and at night assumes Zahra's former task of weaving rugs, which actually supports the family. With the help of some of his new neighbors, he cares for his...
The story focuses on a Koranic student, Seyed, who has just moved to Tehran with his wife, Zahra, and two small children. When Zahra is diagnosed with a debilitating disease, Seyed must learn about things he's never considered, including cooking, shopping, and diaper changing. He studies by day and at night assumes Zahra's former task of weaving rugs, which actually supports the family. With the help of some of his new neighbors, he cares for his wife. If Seyed struggles more than he'd ever anticipated, he also benefits: the young man's daily experience deepens his understanding of the sacred text he's studying. A parable about hope, understanding and the transformative power of love.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Javad Ezati, fl. 2009-2011, Behrouz Shaibi, fl. 2011-2011, Negar Javaherian, fl. 2008-2013
Author / Creator
Homayoun Asadian, fl. 2005-2012, Javad Ezati, fl. 2009-2011, Behrouz Shaibi, fl. 2011-2011, Negar Javaherian, fl. 2008-2013
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Iranian Independents
Topic / Theme
Family, General medical conditions
Copyright Message
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قطار ساعت صفر
directed by Babak Shirinsefat, fl. 2005 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 31 mins
A woman tries to find her roots (and her real parents) on a trip to Iran.
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directed by Babak Shirinsefat, fl. 2005 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 31 mins
Description
A woman tries to find her roots (and her real parents) on a trip to Iran.
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Babak Shirinsefat, fl. 2005
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Iranian Independents
Topic / Theme
Family
Copyright Message
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پروانه در خواب
directed by Mazdak Mirabedini, fl. 2008-2012 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 1 hour 4 mins
Psychotherapist Dr. Ali Zamani listens to and records seven prospective new patients, as they talk about their psychological and emotional problems. At the end of the day, Dr. Zamani has to choose only one of them to continue with the treatment, but Dr. Zamani has to tackle his own emotions as he tries to do so....
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directed by Mazdak Mirabedini, fl. 2008-2012 (Iran: Iranian Independents), 1 hour 4 mins
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Psychotherapist Dr. Ali Zamani listens to and records seven prospective new patients, as they talk about their psychological and emotional problems. At the end of the day, Dr. Zamani has to choose only one of them to continue with the treatment, but Dr. Zamani has to tackle his own emotions as he tries to do so. Festival: Rome Asian Film Festival.
Date Written / Recorded
2011-01-21
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Author / Creator
Mazdak Mirabedini, fl. 2008-2012
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Iranian Independents
Topic / Theme
Emotions and feelings, Medical treatments and procedures
Copyright Message
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Fish and Cat
(Iranian Independents), 1 hour 16 mins
This mysterious drama tells of a group of university students camping at a lakeside for a kite-flying competition. The film, which is narrated in a single shot, is inspired by a true story of human flesh being served in restaurants in northern Iran in the 90s. (These restaurants were later shut down.) Tension buil...
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(Iranian Independents), 1 hour 16 mins
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This mysterious drama tells of a group of university students camping at a lakeside for a kite-flying competition. The film, which is narrated in a single shot, is inspired by a true story of human flesh being served in restaurants in northern Iran in the 90s. (These restaurants were later shut down.) Tension builds up from the start but the film meanders, follows new characters and catches up with old ones. Both action and dialogue seem to move...
This mysterious drama tells of a group of university students camping at a lakeside for a kite-flying competition. The film, which is narrated in a single shot, is inspired by a true story of human flesh being served in restaurants in northern Iran in the 90s. (These restaurants were later shut down.) Tension builds up from the start but the film meanders, follows new characters and catches up with old ones. Both action and dialogue seem to move in loops of time in this compelling, avant-garde work.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies, Music & Performing Arts
Publisher
Iranian Independents
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