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The film program and symposium "Those Days" presents and discusses documentary, art, and essay films related to Iran. To begin with, the collectively produced film Profession: Documentarist (Iran, 2014) presents a kaleidoscopic view of the realities of living and working as a female filmmaker in contemporary Iran. The presented series of films and lectures raises questions about feminism, migration, and diaspora.
We are pleased to welcome guests Shirin Barghnavard, Azadeh Fatehrad, Farnaz Jurabchian, Mohammadreza Jurabchian, Dominik Kamalzadeh, Sepideh Karami, Sahar Salahshoor, Sandra Schäfer, and Matthias Wittmann.
FILMS:
■ SHIRIN BARGHNAVARD, FIROUZEH KHOSROVANI, FARAHNAZ SHARI, MINA KESHAVARZ, SEPIDEH ABTAHI, SAHAR SALAHSHOOR, NAHID REZAEI: PROFESSION: DOCUMENTARIST / HERFEH: MOSTANADSAZ / حرفه: مستندساز
2014, 80 min.
Against the background of Iran's recent political, social, and economic crises, seven female documentary filmmakers discuss their personal and professional lives, concerns, and challenges in a seven-part anthology film.
■ SANDRA SCHÄFER: ON THE SET OF 1978FF
2011, 58 min.
Together with various contributors and based on a number of discursive testimonials and archive materials, on the set of 1978ff attempts a re-reading of the Iranian Revolution.
■ SHAHR KEYWAN KARIMI:نوشتن بر شهر / WRITING ON THE CITY / NEVESHTAN BAR
2015, 60 min.
A film on the history of writing on the city in Iran – from the Islamic Revolution to the Green Movement and Teheran’s fighters for graffiti art as today‘s political force.
■ SHIRIN BARGHNAVARD: شاعران زندگی/ POETS OF LIFE / SHAERANE ZENDEGI
2017, 73 min.
A poetic portrayal of the life of Shirin Parsi – rice farmer, environmentalist, and social activist. In cooperation with This Human World. Free Entrance
■ ZARA ZANDIEH: خوشبختی / KHOSHBAKHTI / HAPPINESS
2015, 6 min.
With Iranian philosophies as a basis, in this poetic 8mm-film essay the electrical engineer Amir shares his thoughts on happiness – starting with the question: “What could it be?”
■ SOHRAB SHAHID SALESS: در غربت / IN DER FREMDE / DAR GHORBAT
1974/1975, 91 min.
The bleak reality of daily life in West Berlin in the mid-1970s from the perspective of a Turkish migrant worker. The Host | Miranda Pennell, GB 2015, 60’ The filmmaker turns detective while trying to unravel her family’s past, the history of Iran, and the involvement of oil company British Petroleum.
■ MIRANDA PENNELL: THE HOST
2015, 60 min.
Weiße Handschuhe vor schwarzem Hintergrund: Akribisch erforscht die Filmemacherin Archivaufnahmen und private Auf- zeichnungen. Bild für Bild erschließt sich diese Geschichte über den Einfluss der Ölfirma British Petroleum auf die politische Geschichte des Iran – und über Miranda Pennells Platz darin.
■ FARNAZ & MOHAMMADREZA JURABCHIAN: عتراض وارد نیست/ OVERRULED / ETERAZ VARED NIST
2016, 58 min.
Overruled portrays a group of Afghan ball boys and tennis players, living and working without authorization in Iran.
■ SAHAR SALAHSHOOR: FALAKNAZ / فلک نـــاز
2015, 59 min.
A close-up and respectful documentary about the farmer, mother, and shop owner Falaknaz Raiisi and her everyday life in the small town Fat’h-Abad in the west of Iran.
LECTURES:
06.10.2017 | Atelierhaus Akademie der bild. Künste
■ 10:00–11:00
Iran’s Women’s Movement: Photography, Desire and Resistance, Dr. Azadeh Fatehrad (Vortrag / Lecture),
Moderation: Ariane Sadjed
Dr. Azadeh Fatehrad: Iran’s Women’s Movement: Photography, Desire and Resistance
Azadeh Fatehrad explores the feminist movement in Iran and presents her essay film Women’s Voice (2016) – the first moving image of its kind on the archival material of one of the founders of Iranian feminism, Sedique Dowlatabadi (1882–1961).
■ 11:30-13:00
Tehran is the Capital of Iran | Kamran Shirdel (Screening) Stories We Can’t Tell, Sepideh Karami (Vortrag / Lecture)
Moderation: Sahand Riyahi
Kamran Shirdel: Tehran is the Capital of Iran / Teheran, payetakht-e Iran ast
1966, 18 min.
Tehran is the Capital of Iran documents the everyday life in a destitute area of southern Tehran. Its b/w shots of extreme poverty and squalor evoke a sense of Italian Neorealism.
In this lecture, architect, researcher, and writer Sepideh Karami will present dissident approaches to ‘writing architecture.’
■ Sepideh Karami: Stories We Can’t Tell
Sepideh Karami is an architect, researcher and author. In this presentation, she explores dissident modes of writing within the field of architecture. Drawing on her completed PhD project, her text develops a performative narrative about dissidents who disrupt the power dynamics of existing architectural structures and critically appropriate them.
■ 16:00–14:00
Under the Skin of the City | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (Screening), Matthias Wittmann (Vortrag / Lecture)
Moderation: Marie-Noelle Yazdanpanah
In his lecture, Matthias Wittmann discusses Rakhshan Bani- Etemad’s cinematic art. Among other films, he focuses on Zir-e Pust-e Shahr (2001), which reveals a social history of struggles, grassroot activities, and possible worlds in the “slums of hope” (Asef Bayat) that exist under the skin of Tehran.
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad: زیر پوست شهر/ Under the Skin of the City / Zir-e Pust-e Shahr
2001, 96 min.
Under the Skin of the City paints a moving picture of the harsh living conditions the Tehran working class is subjected to by portraying a family held together only by Tuba, a resolute textile worker.
Program
■ 05.10.2017 | topkino
19:00 | Opening Profession: Documentarist | Q&A withShirin Barghnavard & Sahar Salahshoor
21:00 | on the set of 1978ff | Q&A with Sandra Schäfer
■ 06.10.2017 | Atelierhaus Akademie der bild. Künste
10:00–11:00
Iran’s Women’s Movement: Photography, Desire and Resistance, Dr. Azadeh Fatehrad (Vortrag / Lecture)
11:30-13:00
Tehran is the Capital of Iran | Kamran Shirdel (Screening)
Stories We Can’t Tell, Sepideh Karami (Vortrag / Lecture)
16:00–14:00
Under the Skin of the City | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (Screening), Matthias Wittmann (Vortrag / Lecture)
17:30 | topkino
Writing on the City | Keywan Karimi
19:00 | topkino Poets of Life | Europa-Premiere | Q&A mit Shirin Barghnavard | In Kooperation mit This Human World
■ 07.10.2017 | topkino
16:00 Khoshbakhti | Zara Zandieh
In der Fremde | Sohrab Shahid Saless
18:30
The Host | Miranda Pennell
20:00
Overruled | Q&A mit Farnaz & Mohammadreza Jurabchian
21:30
Falaknaz | Q&A mit Sahar Salahshoor