Whispers from Iran
Thursday 7 March 2024
Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester SO23 8TH
7.00 – 10.00pm
Our commitment to freedom of expression
This year Winchester Film Festival continues its commitment to screening films from countries and cultures where filmmakers face tremendous difficulties creating films which tell their own stories. We believe film to be a vital tool in the battle for freedom of expression, particularly when that freedom is threatened by harsh governmental censorship laws. In Iran, Sharia law introduced after the 1979 revolution continues to limit the sphere within which Iranian filmmakers operate. Screening films by Iranian filmmakers is our small step towards helping strengthen the call of “Woman, Life, Freedom”.
Vis a Vis
Director: Soheil Kiani
Producer: Pooyan Sedghi
Cast: Mohammad Maleknia, Alireza Zareparast
Iran, 2023
23:00 minutes.
Language: Persian with English subtitles
Age Rating: 18
Synopsis: When a filmmaker’s shoot goes wrong, he decides to make the best of it with surprising results.
Malakout
Director: Farnoosh Abedi
Producers: Ali Gholami, Mohammad Ghaffari
Iran, 2023
10:00 minutes.
Language: Persian with English subtitles
Age Rating: 15
Synopsis: A mesmerising, multi-awarding winning short film about the presence of love in the darkest of souls.
| Director’s Pick | WFF_2024
Steak
Director: Nazanin Ghanbari Mohammadi
Producer: Ali Ajoorloo, Javad Habibpour
Cast: Meysam Valikhani, Saharnaz Abaszade.
Iran, 2023
15:00 minutes.
Language: Persian with English subtitles
Age Rating: 15
Synopsis: A birthday ceremony preparation gets upside down as something unthinkable takes place. A truly original, urgent and mind-boggling film.
Flying Fish
Original Title: Parvaz Mahiha
Director: Mohammad Toriwarian
Producer: MADAKTO PICTURES
Iran, 2023
14:38 minutes.
Language: Persian with English subtitles
Age Rating: 15
Synopsis: In this evocative and atmospheric film a good-intentioned new teacher finds himself ensnared in a familiar story and makes an unorthodox decision that will have enormous consequences.
Somewhere to Stay
Director: Amirhossein Hatami | In attendance for audience Q&A |
Writiers: Mahsa Talebi, Amirhossein Hatami
Producers: Amirhossein Hatami, Mohammad amir Maboodi
Cast: Iman Hajazimian, Mehdi Sanaati, Parisa Malekmahmoodi, Azita Fallahnejad
Iran, 2023
15: minutes.
Language: Persian with English subtitles
Age Rating: 15
Synopsis: In this beautiful short film about honour and love, a father conceals a devastating secret about his daughter only to discover that his son he concealing an even greater secret.
Mirage
Director: Nazanin Ghanbari Mohammadi | In attendance for audience Q&A |
Producers: Siavash Ramezanloo, Nazanin Ghanbari Mohammadi
Cast: Amir Shahali, Fahimeh Momeni, Elin Molaee, Kimin Rasouli, QolamRasoul, Amiri Mohammadrez, Amiri Fatemeh Shokri.
DOP: Reza Nowrouzi
Iran, 2023
15:00 minutes.
Language: Persian with English subtitles
Age Rating: 15
Synopsis: When an Iranian couple seek to acquire a child, not everything is as it seems.
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