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Short Documentary | Australian Premiere | 2015

Synopsis

A mannequin. Is it as we believe only an often articulated doll used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, window dressers and others especially to display or fit clothing?

Director's Biography
Director's Biography
Sam Kalantari was born in 1976 in Tehran, he is considered to be the fourth generation of Iranian documentary filmmakers. At the same time as he entered university he began professional photography as well. While studying civil engineering he also attended freelance classes for filmmaking. In 2000, while graduating from the university and making his first short film “The Unknown Desire” (Tamanaye Mjhoul), he entered the realm of Iran’s professional filmmaking scene.“The unknown desire “with its first international presence in in year 2001, received honorary diploma for the best short movie from the Uruguay’s Tenth International Children’s Film Festival (Montevideo).
After this movie and while establishing the Institute for development of Notion Cinema , Sam has focused more on making documentaries, the important achievements of this institute can be pointed out as the movies under the names of “ Friday was a bad day” ( joint production with France) and “ From No. 37”.

Festivals & Awards

  • IDFA
  • Vision Du Reel Film Festivbal,TRT documentary awards
  • Independent Documentary Filmmaker Festival (Cinema House )Best Documentary Film

Production Team

Director
Sam Kalantari
Country
Iran
Runtime 
30 min
Language
Persian with English Subtitles
Premiere Status 
Classification 
18+
Year
2015
Screenwriter 
Sam Kalantari, Seyyed Ali Mirfattah
Producer
Sam Kalantari
Cinematographer 
Reza Teimouri
Editor
Rouzbeh Farazmand
Cast
Reza Naji, Masoud Taheri, Hussein Parastar, Mehdi. Sh.Moghadam

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