PROFESSION: DOCUMENTARIST (2014, Iran)
Date: Saturday, 22 June 2024
Time: 18:00-20:00
Location:
Dokhuis Rotterdam
Doklaan 10
3087 CB Rotterdam
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Free entrance, you can also buy a donation ticket of 5€.
Directors:
Sepideh Abtahi
Shirin Barghnavard
Mina Keshavarz
Firouzeh Khosravani
Nahid Rezaei
Sahar Salahshoor
Farahnaz Sharifi
Sepideh Abtahi
Shirin Barghnavard
Mina Keshavarz
Firouzeh Khosravani
Nahid Rezaei
Sahar Salahshoor
Farahnaz Sharifi
Profession: Documentarist is made of seven short films by seven famale Iranian documentary makers, each narrated in the first person by the director’s voice-over.
The film takes us on a journey into the personal and professional lives of the makers and their struggles as they capture the world around them which oppresses and censures them.
“We Iranian documentary directors have movies that can only be made in our minds. Sometimes, we tell them to each other”, Farahnaz’s voice says.
The issues that the movie raised in 2014 are ever more present in Iran today, from the traumas of immigration and a complete lack of hope for the upcoming presidential elections to an existential omnipresent fear of a full-blown war.
Almost two years have passed since the protests following the death of Mahsa Jina Amini in September 2022 and all the violent repression and deaths that followed.
With this film screening, we honour Iranian women*, their sacrifices and their fight for freedom.
Thank you Dokhuis Rotterdam for hosting us 🤍
Image credits:
Profession: Documentaire / Shirin Barghnavard, Firouzeh Khosrovani, Farahnaz Sharifi, Mina Keshavarz, Sepideh Abtahi, Sahar Salahshoor, Nahid Rezaei / Centre audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir