Director / Producer: Ramin Farahani Commissioning Editor: Annet Betsalel Research / Script: Ramin Farahani Camera: Soheil Mohseni, Farzin Khosroshahi, Fereydoon Shirdel Editing: Ramin Farahani, Hamid Reza Fard Sound Recordist: Mohammad Emami Sound Mixing: Juan Morales Poduction: NIK Media ( Jewish Broadcaster of Dutch National TV )
Plot Summary
The Jewish settlement in Iran dates back to 2700 years. The Islamic Revolution of 1979 resulted in the departure of many Jews from the country. This film concentrates on Jews living in Iran presently, with an eye on recent historic developments.
In Tehran, young and old Jews speak about different kinds of discrimination. However, there are also positive aspects, such as a close friendship between two tolerant Muslim and Jewish families. There is a strong and responsive bond between the Jewish community. A lonely elderly woman from the old Jewish neighborhood of Tehran is treated for free at the Jewish hospital.
In Isfahan, we witness the love and passion that the main characters have developed for the place they live in. Soleiman Sassoon is a Jewish artist who finds inspiration in Iranian art and Islamic architecture.
In Shiraz, the film focuses more on an espionage case against the Jews. Parallel to this, we follow a young Jewish boy who is interested in computers and music. The film ends with a prayer before the Jewish New Year at a synagogue in Tehran
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Fiction / 10 min. / 16 mm./ The Netherlands / 1999
Credits
Director: Ramin Farahani Script: Ramin Farahani, Sander Burger Producers: Sander Burger, Vanessa Vermolen Camera: Joost Meijer Light: Lennert Hillege Editing: Jaap Praamstra Sound: Johan Rompelberg Art direction: Dewi van den Heuvel, Jacobien Peeters Cast: Ferdinand Biesheuvel, Lieke Antonissen, Jan de Groot, Robert B. Production: NFTA
Plot Summary
A man who makes amateur pictures on the roof of a big building, discovers by accident that an attractive woman has eliminated someone. He gets obsessed about it and falls into the same trap.
The Bounty of the Earth(Mouhebate Zamin)
Fiction / 15 min./ 16 mm./ Iran / 1992
Credits
Director: Ramin Farahani Script: Ramin Farahani Producer: Saeed Abdolhamidi Camera: Afshin Alizadeh Editing: Abbas Arabzadeh Sound: Rahim Ghasemzadeh Cast: Mehdi Givaki, Aref Fuadi, Ahmadreza Jalalvandi, Fateme Davoodabadi
Production: Cinema faculty of the Art University of Tehran / The Iranian young cinema society (central province)
Plot Summary
Two adolescent boys who earn a living by collecting plastic bags, steal apples from a fruit shop. One of the boys is caught by the shop keeper who takes the boy to his family and asks them to keep a closer watch on their son. The mother of the boy reacts angerly, but the son goes his way as before...
- Main Program / 9th Isfahan International Festival of Films for Children and Young Adoults / Iran / 1993 - Prize for the best Sound Design / also Nominated for Directing and Photography / 11th Festival of Young Cinema / Iran / 1994 - Nominated for Directing, Editing and best Actor / Vahdat Film Festival / Iran / 1993 /
