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"20 FINGERS"
(Beest Angosht)

Director: Mania Akbari
Director of photography: Toraj Aslani
Sound Mix & Design: Seyed Mahmood Moosavi - Nejad
Sound Recording: Mohammad Shahverdi
Cast: Bijan Daneshmand, Mania Akbari
Production Manager: Ahmad Keshmiri
Producer: Bijan Daneshmand
2004, 35 mm: 73.1 min., video: 70.3 min.
For more information regarding this film please go to our Film Website: Film20Fingers

   
SYNOPSIS:

A film in several episodes with Bijan Daneshmand and Mania Akbari, exposing some of the issues of men and women within the confines of the tradition and family life in Iran. Each episode is devoted to various life situations and displays a different form of male/female interaction. The placing of the actors in a moving vehicle or against a moving backdrop signifies the movement of life despite all the obstacles in its way.
The film deals with the roots of dependencies, limitations, power struggles and conflicts that are the familiar stuff of the life of couples in the Middle East.

BIOGRAPHY:  

Born in Iran 1974, began her artistic activities as a painter in 1991 and participated in various exhibitions in Iran and abroad. She commenced work in cinema in 2000 first as a director of photography, and then as an assistant director.

FILMOGRAPHY

  • The lead actress in Abbas Kiarostami's "Ten" 2002
  • Mania completed as a co-director the documentary "Crystal" -
    54 Minutes. 2003
  • Wrote, directed and acted in 4 Video Arts; Self, Repression, Sin, Escape. 2003
  • Wrote, directed and acted in "20 Fingers".
    This is Mania's debut as a director of a feature film. 2004

FESTIVALS:

  1. Venice Film Festival (2004/Italy)
    Winner of the Best First Feature Film in "Venizia Cinema Digitale" section.
  2. Vancouver Film Festival (2004/ Canada)
  3. Human Rights Film Festival in Spain (2004/ Spain)
  4. Sao Paulo Film Festival (2004/ Brazil)
  5. Gijon Int'l Film Festival (2004/ Spain)
  6. AFI Film Festival (2004/ USA)
  7. High Falls Film Festival (2004/ USA)
  8. Stockholm Film Festival (2004/Sweden)
  9. International Film Festival of India (2004/India)
  10. Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (2004/ USA)
  11. Bahamas Int'l Film Festival (2004/USA)
    Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for the Spirit of Freedom
  12. Human Rights Film Festival in Zagreb (2004/Croatia)
  13. Rotterdam Int'l Film Festival (2005/ Netherlands)
  14. Amnesty Int'l USA Film Festival (2005/ USA)
  15. Istanbul Int'l Film Festival (2005/ Turkey)
  16. Int'l Women's Film Festival Gender Institute (2005/ USA)
  17. California Institute of the art (2005/ USA)
  18. Buenos Aires Film Festival (Argentina/ 2005)
  19. Tiburon Int'l Film Festival (2005/ USA)
  20. Int'l Women's Film Festival in Seoul (2005/ Korea)
  21. Newport Beach Film Festival (USA/ 2005)
  22. Nashville Film Festival (USA/ 2005)
  23. Kino Otok Isola Cinema (2005/ Slovenia)
  24. Cinema Panora / Folkets Bio Malmo (2005/ Sweden)
  25. lying Broom Int'l Film Festival (2005/ Turkey)
  26. Femina Int'l Women's Film Festival (2005/ Brazil)  
    Special Mention
  27. Digital Int'l Barcelona Film Festival (2005/ Spain)
    Winner of Best Director and Best Actress
  28. New Horizon Int'l Film Festival (2005/ Poland)
  29. High Museum of Art in Atlanta (2005/ USA)
  30. Wine Country Int'l Film Festival (2005/ USA)
    Winner of the Most Innovative Film Award
  31. Hong Kong Asian Film Festival (2005/ Hong Kong)
  32. Dameshug Int'l Film Festival (2005/ Syria)
  33. Black Nights Int'l Film Festival (2005/ Estonia)
  34. Dhaka Int'l Film Festival (2006/ Bangladesh)
  35. Syracuse Int’l Film Festival (2006/ USA)
  36. Iranian Film Festival in The Netherlands (2006/ The Netherlands)
  37. La Rochelle Int'l Film Festival (29 June – 9 July 2007/ France)
  38. Black Movie, festival de films des autres mondes (1 – 10 Feb 2008/ Switzerland)

  39. Rencontres Cinema de Manosque (29 Jan – 3 Feb 2008/ France)

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