Screening of ‘Profession : Documentariste’ – Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, November 5, 2015
On Thursday November 5, the movie “Profession : Documentariste” (Iran, 2013, 1h20, original version with French subtitles), from Sepideh Abtahi, Shirin Barghnavard, Mina Keshavarz, Firouzeh Khosrovani, Sahar Salahshoor, Farahnaz Sharifi, and Nahid Rezaei, will be screened at the Lieu Unique, in Nantes (France). The screening will be followed by a discussion with the Dr. Pedram Khosronejad (anthropologist and IPRA affiliated scholar).
The movie “Profession : Documentariste” (Iran, 2013, 1h20, Farsi with French subtitles), from Sepideh Abtahi, Shirin Barghnavard, Mina Keshavarz, Firouzeh Khosrovani, Sahar Salahshoor, Farahnaz Sharifi, and Nahid Rezaei, will be screened at the Lieu Unique, in Nantes (France). The screening will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Pedram Khosronejad (anthropologist and IPRA affiliated scholar).
Sum-up: What does it mean to be a woman and an independent filmmaker in Iran? In the light of the recent political, social and economic crisis of their country, seven women documentary filmakers talk about their personal and professional lives, about their worries and about the challenges they face, in an autobiographical movie.
Archive footage, family pictures, found footage… Formally, each movie is different but they all depict how the directors’ private stories are linked with Iran political jolts. Childhood memories and the deposition of the Shah, a lost love and the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), the questions raised by a possible emigration and the 2009 demonstrations, how to go around the censorship, the disappearance of music from the public space after the Islamic revolution in 1979…
These seven women, led by the urge to film, draw a sharp and fascinating portrait of a country they keep on loving, hoping they will see it change.
Practical information
- Date: Thursday, Novembre 5, 2015, 20h30
- Address: Le lieu unique; Quai Ferdinand-Favre – Nantes (between the southern entrance of the train station and La cité, the Congress Center)
- Free entry
- Page of the event on the website of the Lieu Unique: http://www.lelieuunique.com/site/2015/09/22/cinema-documentaire-3/
- Facebook page of the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/887306031318476/
