IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India

COMPETITION
COUNTRY FOCUS - IRAN
IFFI-2008
Gradually… / Be Ahestegi…
2006, Colour, 35 mm, 74 mins, Persian
Director
Maziar Miri
Screenplay
Parviz Shahbazi
Cinematography
Hassan Karimi
Editor
Maziar Miri
Music
Mohammad-Reza Darvishi
Cast
Mohammad Reza Foroutan, NiloufarKhoshkhoIgh, Hassan
Pourshirazi, Maryam Boubani, Shahrokh Foroutanian
Production Design
Shahrokh Foroutanian
Sound
Hossein Mahdavi, Mojtaba Mortazavi
Production
Jahangir Kosari
Festivals & Awards
2006: Fajr (Best Film), Berlin, Los Angeles
Mahmoud who works in the Railroad Company outside Tehran learns of the
disappearance of his wife who has a record of mental illness. He comes back to Tehran to
look for her. Neighbours start to make his life impossible with their gossip. This film is
the story of the struggle of the Iranian young generation with the taboos of their society.
Born in 1972 in Tehran, Maziar Miri is a graduate of US editing from IRIB's College in
1996. He started his film career as an editor in Iranian TV channels and edited a number
of TV series as well as documentaries. He made a three-part documentary on Iranian
Nature from 1997-1999 and his first experience in fiction cinema is a short film entitled
Robin Hood (1996). He co-directed a TV series, Rezayate Family in 1997 and then
directed This Film Is Not Important, a short fiction on Iranian classic music which is still
in post-production. Unfinished Song, his first feature, was awarded and well received in
international scene.
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