http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/Ten_Festival/toolbar_menu/Selected_Films_Non/Portrait10 Sun, 19 May 2024 07:32:55 GMT /skins/default/en/15festival/ch01_newsfeed_logo.gif http://old.irandocfest.ir/ 100 70 en Copyright© Irandocfest.ir, all rights reserved Sun, 19 May 2024 07:32:55 GMT Portrait 60 http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1799/underfire-the-untold-story-of-pfc-tony-vaccaro Director: Max Lewkowicz Screenplay: Valerie Thomas Editor: Joseph Borruso Cinematographer: Scott Shelley Producer: Valerie Thomas, Max Lewkowicz Distribution/Sales: Cargo Film & Releasing    Synopsis: This poignant documentary chronicles the life and vision of Tony Vaccaro, who played two risky roles in WWII:  a  combat  infantryman  on  the  frontlines  of  battle, and  a  photographer  who took roughly  8,000 photographs of the war.    Filmography:  MORGENTHAU, 2015  Across the Bridge, 2014    Festivals and Awards:  Boston Film Festival  San Diego Film Festival,  Orlando Globe and Peace Film Festival,  Margaret Mead Film Festivalin Tallgrass Film Festival,  Chagrin Film Festival,  Twin Cities Film Festival   Edmonton International Film Festival   GZDOC Documentary Film Festival  Shanghai International Film Festival    ]]> Portrait Sun, 30 Oct 2016 18:20:59 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1799/underfire-the-untold-story-of-pfc-tony-vaccaro http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1798/to-make-a-comedy-is-no-fun-jiri-menzel Director: Robert Kolinsky Screenplay: Robert Kolinsky Editor: Andrea Pugner, Rebecca Trösch Cinematographer: Elia Lyssy, Jana Marsik, Ines Thomsen, Stefan Dux, Jan Kuldan Producers: Alfi Sinniger, Sarah Born  Distribution/Sales: Deckert Distribution GmbH, info @ deckert-distribution.com   Synopsis: In 1968, Czechoslovakian director Jiří Menzel wins the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS – his first feature film ever. Only one year later his next film LARKS ON A STRING is banned by the government. But Menzel decides to stay in socialist Czechoslovakia and continues working as director and actor for theatre and film. His comedies and costume dramas are a commercial success, gently testing the boundaries of authorities with his well hidden political messages. Today, filmmakers like Miloš Forman, Ken Loach, Emir Kusturica or István Szabó are amongst his admirers and friends. JIRÍ MENZEL – TO MAKE A COMEDY IS NO FUN tells the story of this exceptional filmmaker for the first time.     Filmography: 2016 To Make A Comedy Is No Fun - Jiri Menzel  Festivals and Awards:   Solothurn IFF 2016 Bolzano FF 2016 Freistadt IFF 2016 (Audience Award) Denver IFF 2016   ]]> Portrait Sun, 30 Oct 2016 18:00:17 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1798/to-make-a-comedy-is-no-fun-jiri-menzel http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1797/the-seasons-in-quincy-four-portraits-of-john-berger Director: C. Maccabe, C. Roth, T. Swinton, B. Dziadosz Screenplay: Tilda Swinton Editor: CHRISTOPHER ROTH Cinematographer: BARTEK DZIADOSZ Producers COLIN MACCABE ,Derek Jarman Lab  Distribution/Sales: TASKOVSKI FILMS,salestf@taskovskifilms.com   Synopsis: The four essay films which comprise ‘The Seasons in Quincy’ each take different aspects of British writer and thinker John Berger’s life in the Haute-Savoie, and combine ideas and motifs from Berger’s own work with the atmosphere of his mountain home. ​Each film was created as an individual work of art but they combine to make a feature film… showing how film can move beyond text, and beyond fine art, to offer a multifaceted and multi-layered portrait. ‘Ways of Listening’, (Colin MacCabe), deals with fathers and friendship. ‘Spring’, (Christopher Roth), considers Berger’s writing on our relationship with animals. ‘A Song for Politics’, (Colin MacCabe and Bartek Dziadosz), reflects on politics through archive footage, song and a discussion between Berger and several young left-wing thinkers. ‘Harvest’, (Tilda Swinton), revisits Quincy to meditate on belonging and continuity with Berger and his son Yves.   Filmography: Tilda Swinton is a screenwriter, director, and award-winning actress born in London in 1960. For her role in 2007's Michael Clayton, she won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award® and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger is her co-directorial debut. Bartek Dziadosz is a filmmaker from Poland. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the London Consortium with his research focusing on film editing as a cognitive and cultural practice. Before co-directing The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger, he directed the 2013 documentary The Trouble With Being Human These Days. Christopher Roth is a Berlin-born and -based filmmaker and editor. He has worked on a wide range of commercials, television programs, and films. He also has taught film-editing workshops and seminars at institutions around the world. The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger is his second full-length film.  Colin MacCabe is a British writer, director, and Distinguished Professor of English and Film at the University of Pittsburgh, where he has taught for the past 30 years. Before The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger, he produced the 2009 film Derek, with a screenplay by Tilda Swinton.     Festivals and Awards: World Premiere, 2016 Berlin International Film Festival 2016 Istanbul Independent Film Festival 2016 Seattle Film Festival 2016 Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016 Biografîa Film Festival 2016 Jerusalem Film Festival 2016 Art Film Festival 2016 Maine Film Festival 2016 Melbourne Film Festival 2016 EDF Documentary Film Festival 2016 Athens Film Festival 2016 Message to Man Film Festival 2016 Vienna           ]]> Portrait Sun, 30 Oct 2016 17:59:05 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1797/the-seasons-in-quincy-four-portraits-of-john-berger http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1796/the-eye-of-istanbul Director: Fatih Kaymak and Binnur Karaevli Screenplay: Ahsen Diner Cinematographer: Zafer Bir Editor: Engin Yildiz Producer: Ümran Safter   Distribution/Sales: Ümran Safter, umransafter@yahoo.com   Synopsis:  The story of Ara Guler, the legendary Armenian-Turkish photographer, through the culmination of his retrospective exhibition in Istanbul.  The documentary follows a non-linear narrative, which explores the artistic process and impulses of this great master.  Ara’s curiosity, resourcefulness and fearlessness are revealed through a series of stories in the film.   Filmography:  Binnur Karaevli : Dance of the Whirling Dervish Evelyn of the Desert received 'Voices Unveiled'   Festivals and Awards: DC Independent Film Festival,2016       ]]> Portrait Sun, 30 Oct 2016 17:57:52 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1796/the-eye-of-istanbul http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1795/ricky-on-leacock Director: Jane Weiner Screenplay: Jane Weiner Cinematographer: Jane Weiner, Jeff Kreines Editor: Jane Weiner & Sebastián Eyherabide Producers: Jane Weiner Distribution/Sales: Jane Weiner, jane.weiner2@gmail.com   Synopsis:  RICKY on LEACOCK is a filmic journey that Jane Weiner began in 1972 with her mentor, Richard Leacock who was protégé of groundbreaking cineaste Robert Flaherty, one of the godfathers of modern documentary filmmaking. In accumulating footage over a period of 38 years, Jane’s camera bears witness to Leacock’s relationships with movie-making luminaries such as, Henri Langlois, Chris Marker, Jean-Luc Godard, D.A. Pennebaker, Robert Drew, Jonas Mekas, Dušan Makavejev, and others.   Filmography:  LOSING SIGHT–Inside the Myopia Epidemic , 2017  A CAMERA THAT GOES ANYWHERE (2015  Filmmaker: RICKY on LEACOCK (2012)  JUSTICE NOT SERVED - The Legacy of Agent Orange (2012)  CAMÉRA PASSE-PARTOUT - Un héritage du cinéma documentaire (2011)  LET OP! ZAKKENROLLERS [Beware, Pickpockets!] (2000)  LE NUMÉRIQUE [Digital Revolution] (1998)  DERNIERE NOUVELLES DE… [Latest News From…] (1996)  CAROLINE (1995)     Festivals and Awards: DOK.fest München,2012  IT'S ALL TRUE Festival,2012   ]]> Portrait Sun, 30 Oct 2016 17:56:51 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1795/ricky-on-leacock http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1794/plus-minus-or-fly-trips-to-the-east Director: Bogdan Dziworski Screenplay: Bogdan Dziworski Cinematographer: Paweł Dyllus Editor: Agnieszka Bojanowska, Jakub Śladkowski Producer: Paisa Films Sp. Z o.o. Distribution/Sales: Krakow Film Foundation ,katarzyna@kff.com.pl   Synopsis: After 25 years of silence as an artist, Bogdan Dziworski makes a comeback with an extremely personal picture which is a journal of his journey to Georgia. Plus Minus or a Fly’s Trips to the East is a phantasmagorical story about the personality cult of Josef Stalin, a figure of special importance in the artist’s childhood. ‘A long time has passed since I decided to visit the leader’s homeland,’ comments the character off-screen.   Filmography: 2015 Plus Minus or a Fly’s Trips to the East 1990 The Prisoner 1988 I can see 1987 Sleep 1985 Hommage a Beksinski 1984 Szapito 1983 A few stories about man 1981 Inhale-exhale 1980 The Fencer 1980 Skiing scenes with Franz Klammer 1979 The Arena of Life 1979 Nordic combination 1978 The Olympics 1976 Ice Hockey 1975 The dwarfs and orphan Mary 1975 Modern pentathlon   Festivals and Awards: 55th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2015 IDFF "Flahertiana", Russia, 2015   ]]> Portrait Sun, 30 Oct 2016 17:55:13 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1794/plus-minus-or-fly-trips-to-the-east