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"MIX"
(Mix)

Director & Scriptwriter: Dariush Mehrjui
Director of Photography: Mahmud Kalari
Editor: Hassan Hassandoust
Sound Recorder: Asghar Shahverdi, Behruz Moavenian
Sound Mix : Mohammad Reza Delpak
Music : Nasser Cheshm-Azar
Cast: Khosro Shakibai , Negar Forouzande, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Leila Hatami,
Ali Mosaffa, Nasser Cheshm-Azar, Ferdos Kaviani, Gohar Kheirandish, Rahman Hosseini
Producers: Sirus Taslimi , Faramarz Farazmand, Dariush Mehrjui
95min, Color, 35mm, 2000
   
SYNOPSIS:

With only three days left to the end of the Fajr International Film Festival, a film director and his technical crew are working day and night to prepare their film for screening at the last hours of the festival. While they are doing their best to finish the last post-production stages, they realize they have to surmount innumerable obstacles before they can achieve their end…
“ MIX “ is a story of most of the directors making film in Iran. They have to finish their work for Fajr event which is the starting point of our cinema year.

BIOGRAPHY:  

Born in 1940 in Tehran, Dariush Mehrjui is one of the key figures in the formation of New Iranian Cinema. Graduate in Philosophy from UCLA, Mehrjui began his film career by directing Diamond 33 in 1967 after his return to Iran. Then he directed The Cow, one of the milestones of Iranian cinema history, which gained much critical attention domestically and internationally, special in Venice and Chicago. In early nineties, very popular, highly – acclaimed Hamoon marked a successful turning point in his career. Among the international awards won by his films, one can mention Venice FIPRESCI prize and Chicago best actor award for The Cow, Berlin jury Golden Plaque and Ecumenical award for The Post Man, Paris Grand Prix, Prague FIPRESCI Prize and Berlin Ecumenical Award for The Cycle. San Sebastian Best Film and Best Actress awards for Sara and Chicago Silver Hugo for The Pear Tree.

FILMOGRAPHY

Feature:

  • DIAMOND 33   1967
  • THE COW    1969
  • THE POST MAN    1972
  • THE CYCLE    1978
  • THE SCHOOL WE WENT TO     1980
  • THE LODGERS     1986
  • SHIRAK     1987 
  • HAMOON     1990
  • BANOO     1992
  • SARA     1993
  • PARI     1995
  • LEILA     1997
  • THE PEAR TREE     1998
  • MIX     2000
  • THE TALES OF ISLAND
  • BEMANI     2002

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