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"GRADUALLY ..."
(Be Ahestegi ...)

Director: Maziar Miri
Scriptwriter: Parviz Shahbazi
Director of photography: Hassan Karimi
Sound Mix & Design: Hossein Mahdavi
Sound Recorder: Mojtaba Mortazavi
Editor: Maziar Miri
Music: Mohammad-Reza Darvishi
Art Director: Shahrokh Foroutanian
Cast: Mohammad-Reza Foroutan, Niloofar Khoshkholgh, Hassan Poorshirazi, Maryam Boobani
Production Manager: Jahangir Kosari, Maziar Miri
Producer: Jahangir Kosari
2005, Color, 74 min, 35 mm

   

SYNOPSIS: 

Mahmoud who works in the Railroad Company outside Tehran learns of the disappearance of his wife who has a record of mental illness. He comes back to Tehran to look for her. Neighbors start to make his life impossible with their gossip.

 

This film is the story of the struggle of the Iranian young generation with the taboos of their society.

BIOGRAPHY:  

Born in 1972 in Tehran, Maziar Miri is a graduate of editing from IRIB’s College in 1996. He Started His film career as an editor in Iranian TV channels and edited a number of TV series as well as documentaries... He made a 3-part documentary on “Iranian Nature” from 1997-1999 and his first experience in fiction cinema is “Robin Hood” (1996). He co-directed a TV series, “Rezayate Family” in 1997 and then directed “This Film Is Not Important”, a short fiction on Iranian classic music which is still in post-production. “Unfinished Song”; his first feature was awarded and well received in International level. “Gradually…” is his second feature film.

FILMOGRAPHY

Documentary:

  • Iranian Nature    3 Parts      1997-1999

Feature:    

  • Unfinished Song     92 min       2001
  • Gradually…            74 min       2005

Series:

  • Rezayat Family    13 Parts      1997
  • Red Migrate       13 Parts       2001-2002

Short Fiction:

  • Robin Hood         16 min       1996

FESTIVALS:

  1. Fajr Int'l Film Festival (20 – 30 Jan 2006/ Iran)
    Winner of the Best Feature Film and Best Actor
  2. Berlin Int'l Film Festival (9 – 19 Feb 2006/ Germany)
  3. Fribourg Int’l Film Festival (12 – 19 Mar 2006/ Switzerland)
    Winner of the Grand Prize and FIPRESCI Jury Award
  4. Hong Kong Int’l Film Festival (4 – 19 April 2006/ Hong Kong)
  5. Taipei Int’l Film Festival (24 June – 9 July 2006/ Taiwan)
  6. Seattle Int’l Film Festival (18 May – 12 June 2006/ USA)
  7. Los Angeles Int’l Film Festival (18 – 28 June 2006/ USA)
  8. Monterrey Int’l Film Festival (12 – 19 August 2006/ Mexico)
  9. World of Cinema Montreal Int’l Film Festival
    (24 August – 4 September 2006/ Canada)
  10. Umea Int’l Film Festival (14 – 20 Sep 2006/ Sweden)
  11. Rio de Janeiro Int’l Film Festival (21 September – 5 October 2006/ Brazil)
  12. Raindance Int’l Film Festival (27 Sep – 8 Oct 2006/ UK)
  13. Oslo Film from the South (5 – 15 Oct 2006/ Norway)
  14. Gene Siskel Film School in Chicago (7 October – 5 November 2006/ USA)
  15. Viennale Int’l Film Festival (13 – 25 Oct 2006/Austria)
  16. Sao Paolo Int’l Film Festival (20 October – 2 November 2006/ Brazil)
  17. Denver Int’l Film Society (9 – 19 November 2006/ USA)
  18. Lubljana Int’l Film Festival (10 – 24 Nov 2006/ Slovenia)
  19. Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (10 November – 3 December 2006/ USA)
  20. Alekino Int’l Film Festival (17 – 26 Nov 2006/ Poland)
  21. Exground Film fest (17 – 26 Nov 2006/ Germany)
  22. Gijon Int’l Film Festival (23 Nov – 1 Dec 2006/ Spain)
  23. Auteur Int’l Film Festival in Belgrade
    (28 Nov – 3rd Dec 2006/ Serbia & Montenegro)
  24. Marakesh Int’l Film Festival (1 – 10 December 2006/ Marakesh)
  25. New York Film Festival (Film Society of Lincoln Center)
    (21 March – 1 April 2007/NY/USA)
  26. Syracuse Int'l Film Festival (19 – 22 April 2007 / USA)
  27. Silk Screen F.F. (11 – 20 May 2007/ USA)

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