Heading for the next Cannes Film Festival in May 2006 are the following three creators to present their works in person and hoping to establish contacts for distributing their quality art-house works to savvy viewers :
- Ziya HOMAYOON, with his 37-minute avant-garde short action film `RAZOR, CLOUD, MOUSE`
Born March 11, 1976, Ziya Homayoon entered the artistic arena in 1995. So far, he has made seven movies, including two documentaries, one docudrama and three short action movies.
The film is about a young filmmaker who wanders around the town to find the right subject and we see the film through his camera. There, he comes across a young girl who is determined to commit suicide. He follows her. She fails to commit suicide three times. The fourth time while she is about to jump off the roof of a building, he arrives and tries to prevent her. They talk to each other and meanwhile he finds out that she has problem with men, all men, her father, brother, her boyfriend and all others and that she is fed up with people's attitude towards girls like her. At that moment, we see them swap places and the young filmmaker is in front of the camera. Then, he talks about his own problems which seem very similar to the girl`s and now he wants to jump off the roof. She runs to him and we see the boy being hurled down the building. The boy dies. The girl edits his film, registers it at some festivals and wins several awards. In an interview, she claims that she has gone through so many hardships to make the film.
Author and Director : Ziya Homayoon
Camera manager : Vahid Najafzadeh
Editor : Ziya Homayoon
Producers : Behzad Aghtaee , Ziya Homayoon
Stars : Elaheh Nikoo, Hamid
Jahangiri
Razor, Cloud, Mouse - 37 minutes
2) Behzad VAZIRI brings his moving story 'SONGS WE SANG TOGETHER`, qualified by Kiarostami as "a marvel". Born 1970, Behzad Vaziri is a veterinary medicine assistant. He is contributing with IRIB as a filmmaker and well-known in Iran for his excellent script-writing.
In this film, a young boy who has lost his hands and eyes because of a mine explosion, is been educated by a kind teacher. But the father and the principal are against the teacher. Film is a cross between documentary, fiction and poetic.
"SONGS WE SANG TOGETHER"
(Taranehaee Ke Ba Ham Khandeem)
Country:Iran
Production year: 2005
Running time: 38 m
Director: Behzad Vaziri
Script: Behzad Vaziri
Videography: Mohammad Noori
Editor: Adel Nikmaram
Music: Selective
Producer: IRIB-Abadan center
Cast: Akbar Zarei-Abdolvahed
Documentary: DVcam
The third filmmaker, Mohammad Majdzadeh, has 2 short films entered :
BORN IN WHAT CENTURY (Fiction fantasy) and WORLD WAR IV, concerning a married man`s attempt to seduce a woman he picked up on the street with dire consequences. Complete details and pictures can be seen on http://www.cinepobre.netfirms.com/home.htm
For all info on the filmmakers and their films, please contact : helen@digitfilms.com
Last, but not least, award winning Mahmoud Reza Sani will present 'CHE, el Dulce Sueno de la Cana', filmed in Cuba. See www.arvandanfilm.netfirms.com