Tuesday, 20 December 2022 00:00 |
Winners of Short films Int. competition of the 16th "Cinema Verite" Iran IFF
Place: Iran, Tehran Dates: 11-17.12.2022
Two films received the Best Film Award: "Keshim in Love" and "A Boat on the Sea" (both - Iranian films).
Special Jury prize gone to "45th Parallel" (UK, US, Canada).
Jury members of Short films of International competition of the 16th "Cinema Verite" Iran International Documentary Film Festival: Mustafa Ünlü (Turkey), Gulbara Tolomushova (Kyrgyzstan), Atiyeh Atamzaro (Iran).
"A Boat on the Sea"
Best film: "A Boat On The Sea", 2021, 29', director - Arman Gholipour Dashtaki, Iran.
A river, two houses across the river, four girls waiting for someone who comes true their dreams.
A boat on the sea, the story of a teacher, four students, and a conex.
The documentary “A boat on the Sea” directed Arman Gholipour Dashtaki is about the story of a teacher who faces many difficulties in the way of teaching four girls-students.
This film is about a teacher who is trying to teach life and work to the students. While he is teaching he goes through many difficulties.
Best film: "Keshim in Love", 2022, 37', director - Amir Agha Abdollahi, Iran.
This documentary is the story of a bird named Keshim, whose habitat is in Chaghkhor wetland in Borujen city. Throughout his life, Keshim has dreams that are interpreted after a while. He is afraid of the interpretation of his dreams.
Atiyeh Atamzaro & Mustafa Ünlü gave the award to film "45th Parallel"
Special Jury prize: "45th Parallel" by Lawrence Abu Hamdan, 15', 2022, UK/US/Canada
Lawrence Abu Hamdan is a Private Ear: a detective of sounds and their traces. His new film commission, 45th Parallel, focuses on the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a unique municipal site that straddles the jurisdictions of Canada and the United States. Built by the Haskell family in 1904, the site was originally constructed to provide education and cultural enrichment to the border communities located on the 45th parallel in Rock Island, Quebec and Derby Line, Vermont. A thick black line demarcating the border runs through the entire building, dividing the library collections and creating the only cross-border theatre in the world, where the audience and actors are in different countries. Filmed on location, 45th Parallel activates this unique site’s legal and symbolic potential.
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