http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/Ten_Festival/toolbar_menu/Selected_Films_Non/Special10 Sun, 19 May 2024 08:45:09 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 08:45:09 GMT Special Screenings 60 http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1808/tower Director: Keith Maitland Screenplay: Keith Maitland Cinematographer: Keith Maitland, Sarah Wilson Editor: AUSTIN REEDY  Producers: KEITH MAITLAND, SUSAN THOMSON, MEGAN GILBRIDE Distribution/Sales: THE FILM COLLABORATIVE    Synopsis: On August 1st, 1966, a sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes. When the gunshots were finally silenced, the toll included 16 dead, three dozen wounded, and a shaken nation left trying to understand. Combining archival footage with rotoscopic animation in a dynamic, never-before-seen way, TOWER reveals the action-packed untold stories of the witnesses, heroes and survivors of America’s first mass school shooting, when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.   Filmography: Keith Maitland is the Director and Producer of feature documentaries TOWER and A SONG FOR YOU: THE AUSTIN CITY LIMITS STORY, both premiering in 2016. His last feature documentary, the ITVS-funded, Emmy-nominated, THE EYES OF ME, a year-in-the-life of four blind teens, premiered at SXSW in 2009 and broadcast on PBS's Independent    Festivals and Awards: 2016: SXSW, SPECIAL JURY AWARD HOT DOCS KARLOVY VARY                 ]]> Special Screenings Sun, 30 Oct 2016 19:13:13 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1808/tower http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1807/the-day-sun-fell Director: Aya Domenig Screenplay: Aya Domenig Editor: Tania Stöcklin Cinematographer: Mrinal Desai Producers: Mirjam von Arx, Tanja Meding Distribution/Sales: MAGNETFILM GmbH   Synopsis: Swiss-Japanese filmmaker Aya Domenig, the granddaughter of a doctor on duty for the Red Cross during the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, approaches the experience of her deceased grandfather by tracing the lives of a doctor and of former nurses who once shared the same experience. While gathering the memories and present views of these very last survivors, the nuclear disaster in Fukushima strikes and history seems to repeat itself.   Filmography: 2015 The Day the Sun Fell 2005 Haru Ichiban 2004 Hitoritabi 2002 Je t'aime 1999 Oyakata   Festivals and Awards: - Locarno Int. Film Festival, Semaine de la Critique, Switzerland (2015) International Film Festival Hiroshima, Japan (2015) Weltfilmtage Thusis, Switzerland (2015) this human world, Vienna, Austria (2015) “Documentary Competiton” Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Germany, (2016) “International Competition Documentary Film” Mumbai International Film Festival, India (2016) Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Habitat Section (2016) Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival, Germany (2016)                 ]]> Special Screenings Sun, 30 Oct 2016 19:12:18 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1807/the-day-sun-fell http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1806/lo-and-behold-reveries-of-the-connected-world Director: Werner Herzog Screenplay: Werner Herzog Editor: Ersan Bayraktar, Gokhan Canpolat Cinematographer: Peter Zeitlinger Producer: Werner Herzog, Rupert Maconick Distribution/Sales: Magnolia Pictures, LSagebiel@magpictures.com     Synopsis:  In this film ,the Oscar-nominated Herzog chronicles the virtual world from its origins to its outermost reaches, exploring the digital landscape with the same curiosity and imagination he previously trained on earthly destinations as disparate as the Amazon, the Sahara, the South Pole and the Australian outback. Herzog leads viewers on a journey through a series of provocative conversations that reveal the ways in which the online world has transformed how virtually everything in the real world works - from business to education, space travel to healthcare, and the very heart of how we conduct our personal relationships.   Filmography: AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD BAD LIEUTENANT - PORT OF CALL: NEW ORLEANS BALLAD OF THE LITTLE SOLDIER BELLS FROM THE DEEP CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS CHRIST AND DEMONS IN NEW SPAIN COBRA VERDE DEATH FOR FIVE VOICES ECHOES FROM A SOMBRE EMPIRE ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL ON DEATH ROW I + II PILGRIMAGE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FANATICS QUEEN OF THE DESERT RESCUE DAWN SALT AND FIRE SCREAM OF STONE SIGNS OF LIFE STROSZEK TEN THOUSAND YEARS OLDER     Festivals and Awards: 2016 Sundance Film Festival – World Premiere The Melbourne International Film Festival ,2016 IDFA2016     ]]> Special Screenings Sun, 30 Oct 2016 19:08:31 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1806/lo-and-behold-reveries-of-the-connected-world http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1805/i-m-not-from-here Director: Maite Alberdi, Giedrė Žickytė Screenplay: Giedre Zickyte & Maite Alberdi Editor: Juan Eduardo Murillo Cinematographer: Pablo Valdés  Producers: Pato R. Gajardo,Maite Alberdi  Distribution/Sales: Pato R. Gajardo ,pato.r.gajardo@gmail.com  Synopsis: Josebe (88) lives in a nursing home in Chile. She’s obsessed with knowing where do the rest of the elder people she lives with, come from. Everyone tell her that they are chilean, not spaniard as she is. Josebe insists on thinking about her youth in the Basque Country. After a full year living in that house, she struggles to remember that she is living in a nursing home. After 70 years in Chile, she still remembers lively her homeland.   Filmography:  MaiteAlberdi, ‘The Lifeguard’ 2011.  ‘Tea Time’ 2014 GiedrėŽickytė ‘How We Played the Revolution’ ,2011 ‘Master and Tatyana’, 2012 Festivals and Awards:   CPH Dox,2016 Visin Du Reel,2016 Documentamadrid,2016 Shiffield Doc Fest,2015     ]]> Special Screenings Sun, 30 Oct 2016 19:05:30 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1805/i-m-not-from-here http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1804/depth-two Director: Ognjen Glavonic Screenplay: Ognjen Glavonic Editor: Jelena Maksimović  Cinematographer: Tatjana Krstevski Producers:  Dragana Jovović, Sandra Orlović   Distribution/Sales: Heretic Outreach, ioanna@heretic.gr    Synopsis: In 2001, a mass grave holding the remains of over 700 people was found on the outskirts of Belgrade. Despite its proximity to the center of Serbia's capital and the fact that it hid the remains of 75 children, the mass grave had never been marked with a monument or in any other way and almost no one in today's Serbia knows about this case and the story behind it. It is still a public secret. In an attempt to give voice to the story of this mass grave that remains buried behind a wall of silence, the films employs a meditative and hypnotic language to communicate with viewers' experiences, imagination and emotions.    Filmography: 2016 - DEPTH TWO 2014 - PANK FESTIVAL 2012 - FROM THE ASHES 2011 - OKTOBAR (omnibus) 2010 - RITAM GITARA, PRATEĆI 2009 - ŽIVAN PUJIĆ JIMMY   Festivals and Awards: Berlinale ,2016 Sarajevo Film Festival     ]]> Special Screenings Sun, 30 Oct 2016 19:01:41 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1804/depth-two http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1803/champ-des-possibles Director: Cristina Picchi Screenplay: Cristina Picchi Cinematographer: Cristina Picchi Editor: Cristina Picchi Producer: PRIM Centre Montréal, Giorgio Giampà, Annika Hellström (Cinenic Film) and Cristina Picchi.  Distribution/Sales: cristina@cristinapicchi.com   Synopsis:  A contemporary city symphony where floating memories blend with urban sounds and the natural elements, where tales of loss and love are mirrored by the demolition and construction of new buildings, where death and birth stand next to each other, like the darkest hour of the night and the first lights of the day, and the net of the streets holds tight all the possibilities that life might unfold.   Filmography:  Champ des Possibles ,2015 Cinetrain: Russian Winter, 2014 Zima, 2013 Eyes On The Ground, 2012 Under Your Skin, 2011   Festivals and Awards: Festival du nouveau cinéma,2015 International Film Festival ASTERFEST ,2015 Tirana International Film Festival,2015 DokuMA Film Festival Makarska,2015             ]]> Special Screenings Sun, 30 Oct 2016 18:55:30 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1803/champ-des-possibles http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1802/cecilia Director: Pankaj Johar Screenplay: Pankaj Johar Cinematographer: Pankaj Johar Editor: James Valiakulathil Producers: Pankaj Johar, Sunaina Kapoor Distribution/Sales: pankaj.johar@pennywisefilms.com   Synopsis:  Cecilia hails from India’s neglected tribal belt and works as a housekeeper in New Delhi. When her 14 year old daughter is trafficked and found dead in a house in Delhi, she decides to fight for justice with the help of her employers Pankaj and Sunaina. But in a country where thousands of tribal children get trafficked every year to cities and many never found, the road to justice seems long and slow.   Filmography:  Still standing,2011 Shuttlecock boys,2012 Raag,2013    Festivals and Awards: IDFA,2015 Cleveland Film Festival,2015 One World Film Festival,2015           ]]> Special Screenings Sun, 30 Oct 2016 18:52:25 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1802/cecilia http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1800/bobby-sands-66-days Director: Brendan  Byrne Screenplay: Brendan  Byrne Cinematographer: David Barker Producer: Trevor Birney Distribution/Sales: Fine Point Films Ltd , ATully@finepointfilms.com   Synopsis: At seventeen, Bobby Sands was interested in girls, soccer and music. Ten years later he led a hunger strike against conditions inside Northern Ireland's infamous H Blocks that grabbed the world’s attention.  Sands became an icon for a world that, to this day, knows little about him.  Featuring fresh insight and remarkable archive, 66 Days brings us the story of this enigmatic prisoner and the events that turned him into a 20th Century icon.    Filmography:  Being James Galway (2015), Imagining Ulster (2015), An Independent People (2014) Bomb Squad Men, The Long Walk (2012) Ballybrando RTE 2009 Breakout (2008).    Festivals and Awards: - Hotdocs 2016   ]]> Special Screenings Sun, 30 Oct 2016 18:49:40 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/1800/bobby-sands-66-days