Iranian Female Directors – BSFF 2023
- ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FA
- SUBTITLES FR/EN
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- Moderator ticket Article 27, Arsène 50
- Abonnement Carte 5 places Cinema Galeries
Iranian Women Directors: Multiple Realities in a Paradoxical Context
In the Western world, Iran is mainly known through the media or the cinema, and its image is often influenced by an “Orientalist” vision which distorts the multiplicity of realities of this complex and paradoxical society. While Iranian women seem sometimes oppressed, sometimes free, they have actually been taking action in the country for more than a hundred years. Those actions have reached an unprecedented peak in our days.
This programme of short films aims to show different points of view of Iranian women on issues that concern them directly. Through animation and fiction, these films look at the challenges of contemporary period and offer a glimpse into the place of women in Iranian society and beyond.
Gaze
Farnoosh Samadi, 2017, 14′
On her way back from work a woman witnesses something happening in the bus and she has to decide if she reveals it or not.
Horn
Ghasideh Golmakani, 2018, 8′
A businesswoman tries to find a parking place to park her car, to be on time for an important work appointment. Men are disturbing her in the streets of Tehran but she finds a solution to conclude the business too…
The Visit
Azadeh Moussavi, 2019, 14′
A young girl and her mother are on their way to visiting the father in jail.
LeftOver
Yasaman Hasani, 2018, 5′
LeftOver is a poetic journey of the filmmaker Yasaman Hasani, who shifted between two worlds: East and West. Having grown up in post-revolutionary Iran, she has lived in Austria for many years. In an experimental arrangement made up of two parts of her childhood and adulthood, she offers the audience insight into her personal experiences of gender-specific stereotypes in these cultures.
Exam
Sonia K Hadad, 2019, 15′
A teenage girl involves in the process of delivering a pack of cocaine to its client, and she got stuck in a weird cycle of occurrences.
Halghaviz (Hanged)
Roqyie Tavakoli, 2019, 13′
A 40-year-old woman who weighs 300 pounds is working as a hangman in the Yazd province in Iran.
The Zoo
Nafiseh Zare, 2022, 17′
Among the animals in the zoo, Ra’na is looking for the deer she saw in her dream, and her mother is looking for an opportunity to tell her important news.
The Brussels Short Film Festival (BSFF) returns for its 26th edition from April 26 to May 6. A total of 295 short films will be screened during 90 sessions of 1h30. Among them, 121 films will participate in the competition, divided into three categories: national, international and “Next generation”, intended for film students.
