IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
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<strong>IFFI</strong>-<strong>2008</strong><br />
COUNTRY FOCUS - IRAN<br />
2006, Colour, 35 mm, 94 mins, Persian<br />
Mainline / Khoonbazi<br />
While her fiancé has been studying abroad, Sara, a university student, has had a heroin<br />
addiction relapse. Now, faced with his impending return for their wedding, she and her<br />
mother undertake a desperate journey to a drug treatment centre in the countryside. This<br />
modem day portrayal <strong>of</strong> Iran's new middle-class provides a stark and heartbreaking look<br />
at youth drug abuse in contemporary Iran.<br />
Director<br />
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Mohsen Abdolvahab<br />
Screenplay<br />
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Farid Mostafavi, MohsenAbdolvahab,<br />
Naghmeh Samini<br />
Cinematography<br />
Mahmoud Kalari<br />
Editor<br />
Sepideh Abdolvahab<br />
Cast<br />
Bita Farahi, Baran Kosari, Masoud Rayegan, Bahram Radan<br />
Production Design<br />
Zhila Mehrjui<br />
Sound<br />
Yadollah Najafi, Mohammad Reza Delpak<br />
Costumes<br />
Zhila Mehrjui<br />
Production<br />
Cinema 79<br />
<strong>Festival</strong>s & Awards<br />
Pyongyang, Fajr, Karlovy Vary, Philadelphia, Boston, Toronto<br />
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad was born in Tehran in 1954. After studying at the University <strong>of</strong><br />
Dramatic Arts in Iran, she made several documentaries for Iranian television, and in<br />
1987 directed her first feature-film, Off The Limits. In 1991, she became the first woman<br />
recipient <strong>of</strong> the Best Director Award at the Fajr <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> in Tehran for<br />
Nargess. She won the Bronze Leopard at the 1995 Locarno <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> for TheBlue<br />
Veiled. In 2000, Under The Skin Of The City was the highest grossing film in Iran, and<br />
went on to garner major awards in Moscow, Turin, Karlovy Vary and Seattle film<br />
festivals. Mainline was Bani-Etemad's ninth feature-film.<br />
Mohsen Abdolvahab, born in Tehran in 1957, graduated from IRIB University in<br />
Tehran with a degree in editing. His documentary, The Wives Of Haj Abbas (2001), won<br />
the prestigious Silver Wolf award at the Amsterdam <strong>Festival</strong>. He has closely<br />
collaborated with Bani-Etemad for two decades. In addition to directing over 23 short<br />
and feature documentaries on a wide range <strong>of</strong> social and industrials topics, Abdolvahab<br />
has over 25 years <strong>of</strong> experience as a pr<strong>of</strong>essional documentary and feature film editor.<br />
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