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sun 13 nov 5:30 pm Caligari FilmBühne

STARLESS DREAMS
[ROYAHAYE DAME SOBH]

by Mehrdad Oskouei

Iran 2016 76 min original version with German and English subtitles

Script: Mehrdad Oskouei, DoP: Mohammad Hadadi, Editor: Amir Adibparvar, Production: Oskouei Film Production, Producer: Mehrdad Oskouei, with: girls of an Iranian "Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre"

Insights into modern Iranian society: murder and theft, drug dealing and addiction – young lives marked by traumatic stories lead to this Iranian "Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre" for girls. Some of them feel more at home in prison than they did with their families. A rare documentary glimpse inside a locked-up world and a respectful portrait of young women struggling to recapture some sense of personal dignity.

"We are presenting the Grand Jury Award to a film that took us into a world we are not normally privileged to see. Through this deceptively simple look inside a juvenile correctional facility for girls under the age of 18, we were given a window into modern Iranian society. Beautifully crafted with tenderness and enormous respect for the people in it, this film left us with a bracing emotional punch." (Begründung für die Vergabe des Reva and David Logan Grand Jury Award 2016)

Biography: Mehrdad Oskouei was born in Tehran/Iran in 1969, where he studied film directing at the Tehran University of Arts. He began working in the theatre in 1981 and as a film director from 1988 onwards. Since then, his documentaries have been screened at many international festivals and have won numerous prizes. In 2004, he was an alumnus of the "Berlinale Talents".

Filmography: 2000 MY MOTHER’S HOME, LAGOON, 2002 I CAN’T REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT AFGHANISTAN (both short films), 2004 THE OTHER SIDE OF BURKA, 2005 NOSE, IRANIAN STYLE, 2007 IT’S ALWAYS LATE FOR FREEDOM, 2011 THE LAST DAYS OF WINTER, 2016 STARLESS DREAMS (ROYAHAYE DAME SOBH)

Awards (selection): Amnesty International Film Prize for Best Film in the Section Generation 14plus (Berlin International Film Festival, Germany 2016), Inspiration Award and Reva and David Logan Grand Jury Award (Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, North Carolina/USA 2016)

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