http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/12_Festival/toolbar_menu/Selected_Films_Competition/International_Competition4060 Sun, 19 May 2024 07:57:15 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 07:57:15 GMT International Competition40–70 60 http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/4975/shouting-at-the-wind Director: Siyavash Jamali, Ata Mehrdad  Screenplay: Siyavash Jamali, Ata Mehrdad  Cinematography: Ata Mehrdad  Editor: Siyavash Jamali, Ata Mehrdad  Producer: Siyavash Jamali, Ata Mehrdad  Distribution/sales:    Synopsis: Four years of an adolescent student's life, living in Darvazeh Ghat district, who aims to change the way of life and society around him in order to become a singer. He faces many problems in this regard, including parental opposition, financial problems, and lack of support for others around him.  Filmography: Story of an old Man    ]]> International Competition40–70 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 11:43:21 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/4975/shouting-at-the-wind http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/4974/asak Director: Mehdi Zamanpoor Kiasari  Screenplay: Mehdi Zamanpoor Kiasari  Cinematography: Ali Shilandari, Pooyan Aghababaee  Editor: Hossein Nikzad  Producer: Somayyeh Zera'atkar, Mehdi Zamanpoor Kiasari  Distribution/sales:    Synopsis: A 80-year old Southern blind man selects its own stone with a touch of hand and tongue as well as tasting it from a rocky mountain and extracts it with elementary tools. He builds and sells traditional dishes for the people of the village with a hand saw and chip-axe without any industrial equipment.  Filmography: I Am Waiting for You, Bare Foot to Paradise, Green Shadows, Naghib Alavi, Ashura in Kiasar, Tiny Steps in the Highway of Allah, 30 Years of Living with 100 Stanzas, Mashti Esmaeel, Papeli, Heart's Path    ]]> International Competition40–70 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 11:42:32 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/4974/asak http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3538/the-mount-of-ants Director: Riccardo Palladino Screenplay: Riccardo Palladino Cinematography: Eugenio Barzaghi Editor: Riccardo Palladino & Carlotta Cristiani Producer: Riccardo Palladino, Lara Brucci, & Luca Ricciardi Distribution/sales: CameraAmano    Synopsis: For centuries, every year, every summer, on September 8th, swarms of winged ants travel to the "Mount of Ants” in Italy, where they mate in flight: the impregnated female ones create new colonies while the male ants die in the ground, at the foot of the sanctuary built on the top of this mountain and dedicated to “Our Lady of The Ants” Filmography: Monte delle Formiche (2017) Brasimone (2014)   Festivals and Awards : Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata Locarno Festival Documenta Madrid Mar del Plata International Film Festival Trento Film Festival 2018 Annecy Cinema Italien 2017   ]]> International Competition40–70 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:32:17 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3538/the-mount-of-ants http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3537/the-limits-of-work Director: Apolena Rychlíková Screenplay: Apolena Rychlíková & Saša Uhlová Cinematography: Jan Šípek Editor: Kateřina Krutská Producer: Filip Remunda, Vít Klusák, & Petr Kubica Distribution/sales: Czech Television                Synopsis: Journalist Saša Uhlová spent six months exploring working conditions at the worst-paid jobs in the Czech Republic. She spent several weeks in a hospital washroom, at a poultry plant, behind a cash register and at a waste sorting facility. Her experience formed the basis for a very personal series of reports about people working invisible jobs under shocking conditions, published on the A2larm.cz website Filmography: The Limits of Work (2017) Neskloň se! ( 2014) If Adolf Hitler Lived There Would Be No Rights for Gypsies ( 2014) Expremiéři - Mirek Topolánek (2013) Festivals and Awards : One World: International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Jihlava - Internationla documentary film festival Krakow Film Festival East Silver Caravan Nominations: Czech Lion Award for Best Documentary Feature, Prix Italia for TV – Documentary   ]]> International Competition40–70 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:27:35 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3537/the-limits-of-work http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3536/raghu-rai-an-unframed-portrait Director: Avani Rai Screenplay: Avani Rai & Iikka Vehkalahti  Cinematography: Avani Rai Editor: Menno Boerema & Archana Phadke Producer: Iikka Vehkalahti Distribution/sales: Autlook Filmsales Synopsis: Avani Rai didn’t set out to make a film about her father, the famous photographer Raghu Rai. What she wanted was to get to know him better by observing him on one of his photo trips. In the film that she ended up making anyway, father and daughter travel together to the Indian state of Kashmir, where political unrest prevails and violence is commonplace. They photograph their surroundings and each other, in the meantime reflecting on their lives, politics and his craft, which is richly illustrated with material from Raghu Rai’s archive. Filmography: Raghu Rai: An Unframed Portrait (2017)   Festivals and Awards : IDFA (2018) Docs Against Gravity Doc Edge Dok fest München TRT Documentary Days EBS IDFF   ]]> International Competition40–70 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:22:18 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3536/raghu-rai-an-unframed-portrait http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3535/meerim Director: Aleksansdra Rechkalova Screenplay: Aleksansdra Rechkalova Cinematography:  Aleksey venzos, Dimitri Grab,  & Aleksansdra Rechkalova Editor: Aleksansdra Rechkalova Producer: Masha Lyass Distribution/sales: Masha Lyass  Synopsis: Story of Gulnara, mother of 142 children, who is being sued by union officials' for child trafficking, sexual and labour exploitation. The object of the claim is the Issyk-Ata resort property, famous for its healing mineral geothermal hot springs, which was donated to Gulnara's orphanage by businessman Afanasy in the 90s, who then renounced the world to enter a convent for personal reasons. Filmography: Lena’s Dream (2005) Festivals and Awards :   Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival Artdocfest Almaty: Clique Film Festival   ]]> International Competition40–70 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:19:53 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3535/meerim http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3534/marceline-a-woman-century Director: Cordelia Dvorak  Screenplay: Cordelia Dvorak  Cinematography: Georgi Lazarevski, Susanna Salonen, Bettina Borgfeld, & Thomas Bataille  Editor: Laurence Miller  Producer: Christilla Huillard-Kann  Distribution/sales: Sweet Spot Docs                  Synopsis: A portrait of the strong-minded writer and filmmaker Marceline Loridan-Ivens (1928-2018). As a girl, she survived Auschwitz-Birkenau, after which she had to find herself as a woman in freedom. Her approach was radical and unconventional, she says. As she approaches the age of 90, in essence she appears unchanged; her life simply moves a bit more slowly. Filmography: John Berger or The Art of Looking(2016) Bailar para vivir(2003)  Festivals and Awards : IDFA (2018)   ]]> International Competition40–70 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:16:39 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3534/marceline-a-woman-century http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3533/iron-khan Director: Naseer Khanday Screenplay: Naseer Khanday Cinematography: Naseer Khanday Editor: Naseer Khanday Producer: Suril N. Desai Distribution/sales: Suril N Desai for Showreal Productions   Synopsis: This story is a journey through 7 years of a man’s life. Having surrendered to his new vision of life, Parvez khan is a changed man, who turned his back on the armed struggle of JKLF (Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front) during the peak of militancy in the early 1990's. He decided to open a Backpackers lodge in Gulmarg, a ski village in the Indian administered Kashmir bordering Pakistan. This film traverses the conflict in the lives of a generation, a society and its people. Parvez is struggling to make ends meet under burgeoning pressure from the government. They have sealed his lodge, claiming it is illegal. Furthermore his son Dada injures himself snowboarding on the mountain adding to the pressure.   Filmography: Iron khan is his first film.    Festivals and Awards : IDFA – Docs for sale     ]]> International Competition40–70 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:12:26 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3533/iron-khan http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3532/alganesh Director: Lia & Marianna Beltrami Screenplay: Marianna Beltrami Cinematography: Ferran Paredes Rubio Editor: Lia Beltrami Producer: Andrea Morghen Distribution/sales: Lia Beltrami    Synopsis: This journey will follow Dr. Alganesh Fessah's work, and her commitment in securing refugee's rights and liberating kidnapped and tortured prisoners in the Sinai desert. Three protagonists: refugees; Ethiopia, a welcoming land; and Alganesh who, among despair, will tell us her hopes on the horizon.  Filmography: Lia Beltrami:  ¡Viva Kino! (2018) Wonderful Tapestry of Life (2017) Marianna Beltrami:  The Wonderful Tapestry of Life (2017)  Festivals and Awards : Migranti Film Festival/Special Mention of the Jury Siloe Film Festival Grosseto 5th Silk Road International Film Festival Bangkok Thai International Film Festival/Best Cinematography   ]]> International Competition40–70 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 13:55:42 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3532/alganesh