Falgoosh

(Blames & Flames)


fotoMohammadreza Farzad – IR 2011 – 28 min.

E: Farahnaz Sharifi – P: Pirooz Kalantari

DVCAM – Farsi

 

 

 

 

 

This reflective essay revisits the eve of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, when more than 130 cinemas burned down. With the closure of television stations as well, the people turned their cameras onto each other, taking centre stage in a rapidly unfolding drama. – Forum Expanded

 

Mohammadreza Farzad, born in 1979, lives and works in Tehran. He works as filmmaker, translator, writer, researcher and actor.

Films: Into Thin Air (Gom o gur) 2010 – Egg (Morghaneh) 2012