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Films 2014
Bending the Rules
Eine Gruppe junger Schauspieler ist zu einem Festival im Ausland eingeladen, und braucht die Erlaubnis der Eltern. Doch ein Vater sagt Nein.
Mohey
Als Mohey aus dem Waisenhaus geholt und von ihrer Zwillingsschwester getrennt wird, beginnt für sie ein Leben im kriminellen Milieu von Geldwäsche und Schattenwirtschaft.
Parviz
Despite his 50 years Parviz still lives off his father and the two men don’t get on very well. Things come to a head when the father tells his son he has decided to remarry.
Profession Documentarist
In mehreren Episoden stellen sieben mutige Independent-Dokumentarfilmemacherinnen ihre schwierige und riskante Arbeit vor.
Qashqai Female Voices – Films & Discussion
The “Qashqai Female Voices” project, initiated and curated by ethnomusicologist Yalda Yazdani, takes a new look at the rich but marginalized culture of Qashqai women in southwest Iran in a series of events – so far at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum.
Queen
Die Hafenstadt Abadan im Iran-Irak-Krieg: ein einsamer Scout sucht von einem Raffinerieturm aus nach Zielen, und wird von Geistern der Vergangenheit heimgesucht.
Six centuries and six years
Unermüdlich bemühen sich namhafte Musiker, die Kunst eines klassischen Komponisten aus dem 14. Jahrundert wiederzubeleben und dem Vergessen zu entreißen.
Snow on Pines
Die Klavierlehrerin Mahnaz wird von ihrem Ehemann betrogen, die Nachbarn tratschen, sie sucht Zuflucht bei einem guten Freund.
Tales
Die bekannteste iranische Filmemacherin verknüpft episodisch zahlreiche Charaktere ihrer früheren Filme zu einer Momentaufnahme des gegenwärtigen Iran.
The Last Step
Khosrow, der verstorbene Mann der Schauspielerin Leili, erzählt uns – recht lebendig – die Vorgeschichte des Paares.
The Memory of Niavaran
Revolution, 1979: Der Schah verlässt den Niavaran-Palast, Zeitzeugen erinnern sich. Allerdings ziemlich unterschiedlich.
The Trucker and the Fox
Die merkwürdige Liebe des LKW-Fahrer und Filmemachers Mahmoud zu seinem Hauptdarsteller – dem Fuchs.
Trapped
Die Medizinstudentin Nazanin zieht mit dem Partygirl Sahar zusammen, und schon gerät sie in schlechte Gesellschaft.
Spring 2014
Bardou
Bardou is a 16-year-old teenager who has recently lost his father lives in arid lands along with his sick mother and his younger brother. He tries to convince his mother to leave their home and grave of his father in order to move to the village to have access to medical care.
Berlin -7°
The war in Iraq had many victims. Many of them refugees. Atef, a quiet English school teacher, has been living in Baghdad for years.
Dokumentarfilme von Pirouz Kalantari
Pirouz Kalantari (*1953 in Teheran) gehört seit Jahrzehnten zu den wichtigsten iranischen Dokumentarfilmern; zuletzt entstanden „Kahrizak, Four Views“ (zusammen mit Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Mohsen Amiryusefi und Bahman Kiarostami) sowie „If There Were Not the Aged-People“ (beide 2012).
Fish & Cat
A number of students have traveled to the Caspian region in order to participate in a kite-flying event during the winter solstice. Next to their camp is a small hut occupied by three cooks who work at a nearby restaurant.
From Iran, A Separation
In the morning of 27 March 2012, the Iranian movie “A Separation” won the Oscar Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. For the Iranian people who were impatiently glued to their TV screens, this was more than a cinematic award.
Here without me
Tennessee Williams’ „Die Glasmenagerie“ im Iran: Die alleinerziehende Farideh sorgt immer noch für ihre erwachsenen Kinder, die den Lebensalltag nicht meistern können: die gehbehinderte Yalda träumt inmitten ihrer Sammlung aus Glasfigürchen, der Bruder Ehsan verbringt sein Leben im Kino. Dann taucht Reza auf…
Kami’s Party
Negin is spending a few days on holiday with her boyfriend Omid and her sister Nazanin in a villa on the banks of the Caspian Sea. Not having had news of Omid for several hours Negin decides to go with her friend Farnaz to a party being held by Kami, a common friend.
Modest Reception
Leyla and Kaveh are the instruments of a cruel and bizarre game. The well-situated couple drive through the mountains distributing plastic bags full of money to every poor and unfortunate person they meet.
My Name Is Negahdar Jamali And I Make Westerns
Negahdar Jamali, an Iranian from Shiraz introduced himself: “My Name Is Negahdar Jamali And I Make Westerns.”
New Iranian Short Films
Contemporary short film spans from student talents to professional festival movies.
Someone Wanna Talk to You
Yasaman has been living with her mother Leila since birth. Leila has never let her see her father. When Yasaman gets brain death in an accident, Leila has one week time to get consent from her ex-husband for a vital issue.
The Lady with Flower-Hair
The Lady with Flower-Hair is a woman of forty, on whose hair have grown a set of carnations. She was different even from childhood. She now lives alone. She is preoccupied with the flowers on her hair but the co-existence of two beings with absolutely nothing in common is bound to cause discomfort for one of them.
Unwelcome in Tehran
Mina, the director, is a girl from Shiraz who gets married in order to move to Tehran. Influenced by her own life, she decides to make a documentary about the girls nationwide who, like Azar, move to Tehran (the capital) to start an independent life away from their families’ watchful eyes and restrictions.