Pelan #49: Parvaneh
- Director: Bahman Kiarostami
- Screening: Dec. 17, 2022, 11 a.m.
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- North Vancouver City Library
- Run time: 60
Synopsis:
A documentary movie about Parvaneh Etemadi, an Avant-garde Iranian painter. Born in 1948, with nearly five decades of active presence on the scene of visual arts, she decided to finally sit in front of a camera and talk about her style of doing art and her way of thinking about life as an artist.
Director:
Bahman Kiarostami (born in 1978) lives and works in Tehran, as a documentary film director, editor, and cinematographer. He made his first documentary ‘Morteza Momayez: Father of Iranian Contemporary Graphic Design in 1996.
His films have been shown at numerous international film festivals and the focus of his documentaries has been primarily on art and music, but also cover the visible yet obscured and unnoticed details which define post-revolutionary Iran. He was the winner of Best Documentary at the London Iranian Film Festival (2011) and his documentary ‘Shiraz’ as part of ‘Taste of Iran series’ was voted Best Documentary of the year by the viewers of BBC World news. Bahman was also the recipient of the Best Director Award at Mid East Film Festival (2003) His Filmography includes:
House of Golestan 2022, Leech 2021, Parvaneh 2020, Exodus 2019, Monir 2017, Kahrizak 2013,
Taxi-Tehran 2011, The Treasure Cave 2009, Statues of Tehran 2008, Anonymous (co-directed with Kaveh Kazemi) 2007, Re-enactment 2006, Persian Gardens 2005, Pilgrimage 2005, Two Bows 2004, Infidels 2004, Nour 2003, I Saw Shoush 2002.
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWUIyEY7Vf8
NOTE:
Seats are limited. Please register in advance via the following link:
https://www.nvcl.ca/events/iranian-documentary-series-pelan-1