Pelan #33: Love Trilogy
- Director: Iman Behrouzi
- Screening: April 26, 2019, 6:30 p.m.
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- SFU Harbour Centre - Room 2270
- Run time: 100
In this event we look at three short documentaries made by Iman Behrouzi which revolve around love expression in a personal life, a family and a society in Iran.
1) A Movie For You (2015)-25 minutes
Synopsis: An Iranian filmmaker wants to move to Germany. There is a problem, though. He has to leave his girlfriend behind. Forced to choose between love and ambitions, he plans to make a film of their first date. He asks some of his friends to stand in while he chooses one of them for playing the role of his girlfriend. A documentary about love and longing set in nowadays Iran.
2) Amour du Réel/Real Love (2017)-28 minutes
Synopsis: After working abroad for several years, the filmmaker returns to his family home in Shiraz, Iran to make a film for the woman he loves. His exploration of his feelings and of the cross-cultural and geographical barriers to pursuing this relationship eventually spark introspection among members of his family, as they express their emotions to one another in new ways in front of the camera. A documentary about cross-generational understandings of love and emotion set in current day Iran.
3) Love in Close-Up (2018)-47 Minutes
Synopsis: This time, our filmmaker tries to explore how people think about publicly-expressed-love by asking three women how much they know about Ferdowsi square's "Lady in Red" and what they think about it and link it to their love stories in three episodes confined in a car.
In Farsi with English subtitles.
About filmmaker:
Born in 1984 in Shiraz, Iran. He studied cinema and directing at University of Tehran in Iran. He has directed and edited several documentaries and short fiction films. His previous documentary, "A Movie for You," was selected officially by the Visions du Réel and by the Zurich film festivals in 2015.
Filmography:
2018 Love in Close-Up (mid-length documentary)
2017 Amour du Réel (short documentary)
2015 A Movie For You (short documentary)
2013 Window into Tehran (short documentary)
2005 Beside These Roads (short film)
2005 Behind These Windows (short film)
2004 Shaver (short film)
2003 It is not Clear Yet ... (short film)