Completed - FARSI - Documentary, First film, Drama - 20 minutes
Saba, an Iranian girl, is a dancer. She wants to be indifferent to her surroundings and project this self-being and freedom with her "body". She is in love with the art of dancing, the art of letting go and living away from conventional bonds but the art of being is forbidden in an ultimately religious state who ignores the very basic human rights. The film is an honest portrait of the daily oppression women have to deal with in Iran towards the path to freedom.
Year of production : 2023 Director(s) : Mohammad VALIZADEGAN Writer(s) : Mohammad VALIZADEGAN, Amineh MAZROUIE ARANI Cast : Hadis NAZARI, Keyvan MOHAMMADI, Mohammad Kamal ALAVI, Mohammad Reza KHADEMI Producer(s) : Kaveh FARNAM (EUROPE MEDIA NEST S.R.O.), Farzad PAK (PAKFILM GMBH)
With rhythmic fluidity, Saba's body moves to the music. Dancing is what she lives for, how she expresses herself - yet she is not free to do so in her own country. In a film dancing the line between documentary and fiction, a moving portrait emerges of a generation of young Iranians hemmed in by the Islamic republic's rigid rules. When Saba rebels in a poetic act of defiance, the boundaries between fiction and reality finally dissolve.
Country(ies) : CZECH REPUBLIC, GERMANY
Berlinale - EFM 2023 (Crystal Bear)ISFF 2Annas 2023Sehsüchte 2023vienna shorts 2023kurzfilm festival Hamburg Mo&Friese 2023