Making a stage from two public spaces in Iran which women are prohibited from entering, Maryam Tafakory’s depiction of men and women coming of age draws parallels while commenting on this separation of the genders. The authority of tradition is metaphorically undermined by obstructed onscreen text, while a woman’s low hums and whispers remind us of the presence of the body in the enactment of rituals.
Also see I Have Sinned a Rapturous Sin.
The other films shown within Ammodo Tiger Short Competition 2
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Tree Identification for Beginners
Yto Barrada IFFR 2018 35′Revolutionary ideas and family histories come together in this stop-motion animation. Based on the experiences of the young Mounira Bouzid, who visited the USA in the summer of 1966.
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Maskirovka
Tobias Zielony IFFR 2018 9′Layers of stop-motion images edited into a flickering frenzy. Street protesters and soldiers on Maidan Square morph into Kiev's underground queer and techno scene.
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Mountain Plain Mountain
Yu Araki, Daniel Jacoby IFFR 2018 21′Sound and rhythms take centre stage in this observational documentary on Ban’ei, a rare kind of draft horse race that takes place only in Obihiro, Japan.
- Filmmaker
- Maryam Tafakory
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country
- Iran, United Kingdom
- Year
- 2017
- Medium
- DCP
- Length
- 10’
- Language
- Persian, English
- Producer
- Maryam Tafakory
- Sales
- Maryam Tafakory
- Cinematography
- Maryam Tafakory
- Editor
- Maryam Tafakory
- Sound Design
- Maryam Tafakory
