Ehsan Khoshbakht
Adam Dawtrey
Mary Bell
Garance Javelle
Niyaz Saghari
Rob Szeliga
Bofa Celluloid Limited
2023
Iran
80 min
Color, Black & White
Pas Revolucionit Iranian, një koleksionues filmash në Teheran fshehu mijëra filma për të parandaluar shkatërrimin e tyre nga regjimi i ri islamik. Pavarësisht arrestit e torturës, ai refuzoi të zbulojë sekretin e tij. Historia e rezistencës së tij tregohet nga djali i cili u bë partneri i tij i krimit, kujtuar vite pas ekzilit në Londër. Një autobiografi prekëse dhe frymëzuese për fuqinë disidente të ëndrrave filmike.
Ehsan Khoshbakht is an Iranian filmmaker, curator and author, based in London. His debut feature Filmfarsi (2019), about the lost Iranian cinema of the Shah’s era, was released in the US by Gunpowder/Criterion, and screened at over 50 film festivals and cinematheques around the world. He has also made several archive documentaries for BBC Persian, including Duke Ellington in Esfahan, which was selected for Telluride. Ehsan is co-director of Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna, the world’s premier festival for film history and restoration.
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