نمایش فیلم زیر پوست شهر ساخته رخشان بنی اعتماد Film Screening: Under the skin of the city
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بنیاد فرهنگی ژاله اصفهانی مفتخر است که فیلم زیر پوست شهراثر خانم رخشان بنی‌اعتماد، فیلسماز مشهور ایرانی، را با حضور خودشان به نمایش میگذارد. این برنامه روز سه شنبه 14 ماه مه ساعت 6:30 بعد ازظهر در سالن خلیلی سواس دانشگاه لندن برگزار خواهد شد. پس از نمایش فیلم پذیرائی مختصری خواهد بود که امکان دیدار و گفتگو با خانم بنی اعتماد را خواهد داد.
اطلاعات بیشتر در باره فیلم و بیوگرافی خانم بنی‌اعتماد ورا در زیر به انگلیسی مطالعه فرمائید.
برای تهیه بلیط، به بهای 5 پوند (رایگان برای دانشجویان و استادان سواس)، این لینک را دنبال کنید.
با سپاس بسیار از همکاری انجمن ایراینان سواس در برگزاری این برنامه.
We are honoured to have Ms Rakhshan Bani Etemad’s presence at the screening of her award-winning film, Under the Skin of the City, on 14th May 2024 at 6:30pm at Khalili Lecture Theatre at SOAS University of London. There will be a soft drink reception after the screening with the opportunity to talk to the filmmaker.
We are grateful for the collaboration of the SOAS Iranian Society for organising this event. Tickets, at £5 (free for SOAS staff and students), can be purchased from Eventbrite.
“Under the Skin of the City” (Zir-e Pust-e Shahr)
Director: Rakhshan Banietemad
Screenwriter: R. Banietemad, & Farid Mostafavi
Director of Photography: Hossein Jafarian
Production Designer: Omid Mohit
Editor: Mostafa Khergheh- Poush
Sound: Asghar Shahverdi
Producers: R.Banietemad, Jahangir Kosari
Cast: Golab Adineh, Mohammad-Reza Forutan, Baran Kosari
Color, 35mm, 95min, 2000, Iran
SYNOPSIS
This is a film about the life of a woman. Tuba, who works in a weaving factory, is carrying the burden of her husband and four children on her shoulder and trying to make a better life for her children, what she couldn’t have so far. Her eldest son, Abbas, is so worried about the mother and is searching for a better work, hopeful for a better condition for the family. But he makes the family’s condition worse, and puts everyone in trouble…
Banietemad’s Biography
Rakhshan Banietemad, born in 1954 Tehran, began to make documentaries for the Iranian National Television in 1979, right after graduating from the University of Dramatic Arts, Tehran. From 1979 to 1987, she focused on making only documentaries. In 1987, she directed her first feature film “Off the Limits”. In 1991, she became the first woman recipient of the Best Director award for “Nargess” at Fajr International Film Festival in Iran. In 1995, she won the Bronze Leopard for The Blue Veiled at the Locarno Film Festival. “Under the Skin of the City”, her next film, was the highest grossing film in Iran in 2000. This film along with “Gilaneh” (2005) and “Mainline” (2006), garnered major awards in more than 50 film festivals. Also “Tales” won the Best Screenplay award in the main competition of Venice International Film Festival in 2014.
While Banietemad’s feature films have been acclaimed and honored worldwide, her documentaries have also been successful and popular internationally. “Our Times…”, was the first documentary ever to be released in the movie theaters in Iran in 2002. It was also screened in highly prestigious and prominent festivals and TV channels such as IDFA, Sundance Film Festival and ARTE.
From 2013 to 2017, she mentored six documentaries, which were well received by the public and contributed to a positive perception of the genre.
In 2008, she received an honorary doctorate from University of London, in 2010, she was awarded the Prix Henri Langlois from Vincennes International Film Festival.
She has joined the Academy Oscar, Writers branch in 2017.
FILMOGRAPHY
Features:
| – “Off the Limits” (Kharej az mahdudeh) | 1987 |
| – “Canary Yellow” (Zard-e qanari) | 1988 |
| – “Foreign Currency” (Poul-e khareji) | 1989 |
| – “Nargess” (Nargess) | 1991 |
| – “The Blue Veiled” (Rusari abi) | 1994 |
| – “The May Lady” (Banu-ye ordibehesht) | 1997 |
| – “Baran and the Native” (part of the feature film “Kish”) | 1998 |
| – “Under the Skin of the City” (Zir-e pust-e shahr) | 2000 |
| – “Gilaneh” (Gilaneh), Co-Director: Mohsen Abdolvahab | 2005 |
| – “Mainline” (Khun bazi), Co-Director: Mohsen Abdolvahab | 2006 |
| – “Tales”(Ghesseh ha) | 2014 |
Documentaries:
| – “The Culture of Consumption” (Farhang-e masrafi) | 1979 |
| – “Occupation of Migrant Peasants in the City”(Mohajerin-e roustai dar shahr) | 1980 |
| – “The War Economic Planning” (Tadbirha-ye eqtesadi-e jang) | 1981 |
| – “Centralization” (Tamarkoz) | 1986 |
| – “The 1992 Report” (Gozaresh-e 71) | 1993 |
| – “Spring to Spring” (Bahar ta bahar) | 1993 |
| – “To Whom Do You Show These Films?” (In filmha ra beh ki neshun midin?) | 1993 |
| – “The Last Visit with Iran Daftari” (Akharin didar ba Iran Daftari) | 1995 |
| – “Under the Skin of the City” (Zir-e pust-e shahr) | 1996 |
| – “Our Times…”(Ruzegar-e ma…) | 2002 |
| – “Persian Carpet” (segment) | 2007 |
| – “3D Carpet” (Farsh-e 3 Bodi),, Part of “Iranian Carpet” | 2007 |
| – “Angels of the House of Sun” (Hayat khalvate khaneh khorshid) | 2009 |
| – “We Are Half of Iran’s Population” (Ma nimi az jameiat-e Iranim) | 2009 |
| – “See You Tomorrow Elina” (Farda mibinamet Elina) | 2010 |
| – “The Room No. 202”, (Otahgh-e 202) Part of “Kahrizak 4 Views” | 2012 |
| – “Keep Children in School” (Bacheh ha ra dar madreseh negahdarim) (a teamwork) | 2012 |
| – “Mahak My Home” (Khaneh-ye man Mahak) (a teamwork) | 2014 |
| – “The Concert of the Lords of Secrets” (concert-e khodavandan-e asrar) | 2014 |
| – “The Mirrors Recital” (Concert-e ayeneh ha) | 2014 |
| – “The Other Side of Mirrors” (An soo-ye ayeneh ha) | 2014 |
| – “All My Trees” (Hameh-ye derakhtan-e man) | 2015 |
| – “One Hour in a Lifetime” (Yek saat az yek omr) | 2015 |
| – “Hey, Humans” (Ay, Adamha) | 2016 |
| – “Touran Khanom” (Mrs Touran), Co-director | 2018 |
| – “Narratives ad hominem” (short film), | 2020 |
Producer:
| – “Heiran” (Feature film) | Director: Shalizeh Arefpour | 2009 |
| – “Second Home” (Doc.) | Director: Mahvash Sheikholeslami | 2008 |
Artistic Consultant:
| – “Karestan” (a series of documentary films) as follows: Film 1. “Poets of Life”(Shaeran-e Zendegi) Film 2. “Puzzleys”(Pazeliha) Film 3. “Mother of the Earth” (Madar-e Zamin) Film 4. “MAHAK: A World She Founded”(Bonyan Gozar-e MAHAK) Film 5. “Friends at Work” (Tabarestaniha) Film 6. “Flax to Fire” (Panbeh ta Atash) | 2013 -17 |
FESTIVAL & AWARDS
1. Moscow Int’l Film Festival (2001/ Russia) – Winner of the Grand Jury Prize
2. Karlovy Vray Film Festival, (2001/ Czech Republic) – Netpac Award
3. Montreal World Film Festival (2001/ Canada)
4. Toronto Film Festival (2001/ Canada)
5. Film From the South Festival (2001/ Denmark)
6. Fukuoka Int’l Film Festival (2001/Japan)
7. Vancouver Int’l Film Festival (2001/ Canada)
8. Mill Valley Film Festival (2001/ USA)
9. Boston Museum of Fine Arts (2001/ USA)
10. The Film Center of Chicago (2001/ USA)
11. Films From the South (2001/ Norway)
12. Slovenian National Cinematheque (2001/ Slovenia)
13. Viennale Int’l Film Festival (2001/ Austria)
14. Tokyo Int‘l Film Festival (2001/ Japan)
15. London Film Festival (2001/ England)
16. Thessaloniki Int’l Film Festival (2001/ Greece)
17. Calcutta Film Festival (2001/ India)
18. Torino Film Festival (2001/ Italy) Holden Award for Best Script, Audience Award, & Cinemavvenire Award for Best Feature Film
19. Black Nights Film Festival (2001/ Estonia)
20. Goteborg Film Festival (2001/ Sweden)
21. Festival of Iranian Films in UCLA Film and TV Archive (2001/ USA)
22. Sundance Film Festival (2001/ USA)
23. Palm Spring Film Festival (2001/ USA)
24. Festival of Iranian Films in Rice Unievrsity & Media Center (2001/ USA)
25. Seattle Int’l Film Festival (Women in Cinema) (2002/USA) – Special Jury Award
26. Rotterdam Film Festival (2001/ the Netherlands)
27. Portland Film Festival (2001/ USA)
28. Cleveland Film Festival (2002/ USA)
29. Rennes Int’l Film Festival (2002/ France)
30. Festival of Iranian Films in Asia Society and Museum (2002/ USA)
31. Festival of Iranian Films in California Institute of the Arts (2002/ USA)
32. The Danish Film Institute/ Cinematheque (2002/ Denmark)
Screening at the Harvard University (23-26 April 2010/ USA) 33
34. Das Iranische Wien (2014/Austria)
35. Crime & Punishment Film Festival (30 Sept. – 6 Oct. 2016 / Turkey)
36. Basel University (Dec. 2017/ Switzerland)
37. Cinema l’Atalante (May 2024/Bayonne-France)
