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"UNDER THE SKIN OF THE CITY"
(Zir-e Pust-e Shahr)
 

Director: Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
Scriptwriters: R. Bani-Etemad, Farid Mostafavi
Director of Photography: Hossein Jafarian
Editor: Mostafa Khergheh-Poush
Sound: Asghar Shahverdi
Cast: Golab Adineh, Mohammad-Reza Forutan, Baran Kosari
Producers: R. Bani-Etemad, Jahangir Kosari
Color, 92min, 35mm, 2000

   
SYNOPSIS:

Tuba, who works in a weaving factory, is carrying the burden of her husband and four children on her shoulder, 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.

BIOGRAPHY:  

Director, screenwriter, born in 1954 in Tehran, B.A. in film directing from Dramatic Arts University, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad began her career as a documentary filmmaker for Iranian TV and after some experiences as assistant director, made her first feature film ”Off the Limits” (1987)

FILMOGRAPHY

Feature:    

  • OFF THE LIMITS       1987
  • CANARY YELLOW     1988
  • FOREIGN CURRENCY  1989
  • NARGESS                 1991
  • THE BLUE VEILED     1994
  • THE MAY LADY        1998
  • BARAN & THE NATIVE      1999, An episode of the film KISH
  • UNDER THE SKIN OF THE CITY      2000
  • OUR TIMES... 2002

Documentary:    

  • THE CULTURE OF CONSUMPTION        1979
  • OCCUPATION OF MIGRANT PEASANTS IN CITY     1980
  • THE WAR ECONOMIC PLANNING      1981
  • CENTRALIZATION       1982
  • THE 1992 REPORT      1992
  • SPRING TO SPRING     1993
  • WHOM DO YOU SHOW THESE FILMS?     1994
  • THE LAST VISIT WITH IRAN DAFTARI     1995
  • UNDER THE SKIN OF THE CITY               1996

 FESTIVALS:

  1. 23rd Moscow Int’1 Film Festival (2001/ Russia)
    Winner of The Grand Jury Prize
  2. Karlovy Vray Film Festival (2001/ Czech Republic)
  3. Montreal World Film Festival (2001/ Canada)
  4. Toronto Film Festival (2001/ Canada)
  5. Film From the South Festival (2001/ Denmark)
  6. Fukuoka Int’1 Film Festival (2001/ Japan)
  7. Vancouver Int’1 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’1 Film Festival (2001/ Austria)
  14. Tokyo Int’1 Film Festival (2001/ Japan)
  15. London Film Festival (2001/ England)
  16. Thessaloniki Int’1 Film Festival (2001/ Greece)
  17. Calcutta Film Festival (2001/ India)
  18. Torino Film Festival (2001/ Italy)
  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 University & Media Center (2001/ USA)
  25. Seattle Int’1 Film Festival (Women in Cinema) (2001/ USA)
  26. Rotterdam Film Festival (2001/ Netherland)
  27. Portland Film Festival (2001/ USA)
  28. Cleveland Film Festival (2002/ USA)
  29. Rennes Int’1 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)

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