http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/12_Festival/toolbar_menu/Selected_Films_Non_Competition/Special_Screenings Sun, 19 May 2024 08:18:00 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 08:18:00 GMT Special Screenings 60 http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3578/bisbee-17 Director: Robert Greene Screenplay: Robert Greene Cinematography: Jarred Alterman Editor: Robert Greene Producer: Douglas Tirola, Bennett Elliott, & Susan Bedusa Distribution/sales: MetFilm Sales  Synopsis: An old mining town on the Arizona-Mexico border finally reckons with its darkest day: the deportation of 1200 immigrant miners exactly 100 years ago. Locals collaborate to stage recreations of their controversial past. Filmography: Kate Plays Christine(2016) Approaching the Elephant (2014) Fake It So Real(2012) Kati with an I (2010) Kati with an I(2010) Festivals and Awards : Hot Docs 2018 Sundance Film Festival BFI London Film Festival Traverse City Film Festival San Francisco International Festival  AFI DOCS Film Festival   ]]> Special Screenings Sat, 01 Dec 2018 12:17:14 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3578/bisbee-17 http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3577/chinese-portrait Director: Xiaoshuai Wang Screenplay: Xiaoshuai Wang Cinematography: Wu Di, Zeng Hui, Zeng Jian, & Piao Xinghai  Editor: Valérie Loiseleux Producer: Isabelle Glachant & Liu Xuan Qian Yini Distribution/sales: Asian Shadows  Synopsis: What if you were a passer-by in Beijing streets, a peasant hopping for the rain to fall, a steelworker in disappearing factories, a tourist on a packed beach, praying in Ningxia or Qinhai, a construction worker after an earthquake, a fisherman repairing its fishnet, or a dancer waiting to get on stage? Filmography: Red Amnesia (2014) Beijing Bicycle (2001) So Close to Paradise (1998) Festivals and Awards : Busan International Film Festival IDFA Hong Kong Asian Film Festival Golden Horse Film Festival     ]]> Special Screenings Sat, 01 Dec 2018 12:04:01 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3577/chinese-portrait http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3576/meeting-gorbachev Director: Werner Herzog & Andre Singer Screenplay: Werner Herzog & Andre Singer Cinematography: Richard Blanshard & Yuri Barak Editor: Michael Ellis Producer: Lucki Stipetic & Svetlana Palmer Distribution/sales: A+E Networks (History Channel), Submarine Entertainment     Synopsis: Rising from a farm boy to become President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev brought about changes that helped end the Cold War, toppled the USSR, enabled the reunification of Germany and transformed the world forever. Filmography: Werner Herzog: Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) Encounters at the End of the World (2007) Grizzly Man (2005) Andre Singer: Into the Inferno (2016) Night Will Fall (2014) Into the Abyss (2011) The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)   Festivals and Awards : Toronto International Film Festival Telluride Film Festival  DOK Leipzig   ]]> Special Screenings Sat, 01 Dec 2018 12:00:40 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3576/meeting-gorbachev http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3575/putin-s-witnesses Director: Vitaly Mansky Screenplay: Vitaly Mansky Cinematography: Vitaliy Manskiy Editor: Gunta Ikere Producer: Natalia Manskaya, Gabriela Bussmann, Filip Remunda, & Vit Klusak  Distribution/sales: Deckert Distribution GmbH      Synopsis: The events of the film begin on December 31, 1999 when Russia was acquainted with its new President Vladimir Putin. The film is based on unique and strictly documentary testimonies of the true causes and consequences of the operation “Successor”, as a result of which Russia ended up with the President who still rules the country. The protagonists of the film are Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian nation, as always being a silent witness of its own destiny. Filmography: Putin’s Witnesses (2018) Close Relations (2016) Under the Sun (2015) Pipeline (2013) Patria o Muerte (2011) Dawn/Sunset. Dalai Lama 14 (2008) Virginity (2008) Festivals and Awards : Toronto International Film Festival , IDFA, Karalovy vary international film festival, Bergen IFF 2018, Zurich IFF 2018, Vancouver IFF 2018, CinEast FF Luxembourg 2018, Antenna IDF Sydney 2018 (Opening film), Flanders FF Ghent 2018, BFI London IFF 2018, Adelaide IFF 2018, Dok Leipzig 2018, Leeds IFF 2018, AFI Fest Los Angeles 2018   ]]> Special Screenings Sat, 01 Dec 2018 11:54:07 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3575/putin-s-witnesses http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3574/samouni-road Director: Stefano Savona Screenplay: Stefano Savona, Penelope Bortoluzzi, & Lea Mysius   Cinematography: Stefano Savona Editor: Luc Forveille Producer: Marco Alessi, Penelope Bortoluzzi, & Cécile Lestrade Distribution/sales: International sales: Doc & Film International           Synopsis: In the rural outskirts of Gaza City a small community of farmers, the Samouni extended family, is about to celebrate a wedding. It’s going to be the first celebration since the latest war. Amal, Fuad, their brothers and cousins have lost their parents, their houses and their olive trees. The neighborhood where they live is being rebuilt. As they replant trees and plow fields, they face their most difficult task: piecing together their own memory. Through these young survivors’ recollections, Samouni Road conveys a deep, multifaceted portrait of a family before, during and after the tragic event that changed its life forever.  Filmography: The Passion of Erto (2013) Tahrir: Liberation Square (2011) Palazzo Delle Aquile (2011) Cast Lead (2009) Festivals and Awards : Cannes International Film Festival  New Zealand International Film Festival Festival International du Film de la Rochelle Festival de Cine de Sevilla Antenna Film Festival Vancouver International Film Festival     ]]> Special Screenings Sat, 01 Dec 2018 11:43:05 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3574/samouni-road http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3573/victory-day Director: Sergei Loznitsa Screenplay: Sergei Loznitsa Cinematography: Sergei Loznitsa, Jesse Mazuch, & Diego Garcia Editor: Danielius Kokanauskis Producer:Sergei Loznitsa, Jesse Mazuch, & Diego Garcia Distribution/sales: Imperativ Film Synopsis: Every year, on the 9th of May, people gather in Treptower Park in Berlin. They come dressed in their best outfits or in Soviet military uniform. They carry flags, banners and posters. They lay flowers at the monument to the Soviet soldier; they sing, dance and drink. They celebrate the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany.  Filmography: Donbass (2018) A Gentle Creature (2017) Austerlitz (2016) In the Fog (2012) My Joy (2010) Festivals and Awards : Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2018 Berlinale Film Festival Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 40e Cinéma du reel IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival Sheffield Doc/Fest   ]]> Special Screenings Sat, 01 Dec 2018 11:36:15 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3573/victory-day http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3572/za-world Director: Gianfranco Pannone Screenplay: Gianfranco Pannone, Nico Carrato, & Primo Giroldini  Cinematography: Pierpaolo Pessini Editor: Nicola Tasso Producer: Primo Giroldini, Giovanna Beghi, Mario Mazzarotto, & Gianfranco Pannone Distribution/sales: Movimento Film Synopsis: Cesare Zavattini and the land where he born, the Bassa reggiana. A rich and complex relationship of reciprocity, which in this film intertwines past and present, creating a new time suspended through the testimonies of four men of different ages and social conditions. A film starting from the great Za, which ideally meets its people in this piece of Emilia that laps the Po river. Filmography: Leave the Saints Alone (2016) The World’s Smallest Army (2015) On the Volcano (2014) Festivals and Awards : MY Art Film Festival Corto Dino Film Festival     ]]> Special Screenings Sat, 01 Dec 2018 11:31:20 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3572/za-world