"Friend's Place, Enemy's place"
(Jaye Doost, Jaye Doshman)
Based on a short story by Sadegh Choobak
Director: Elham Hosseinzadeh
Assistant Director: Payam Parsa
Photography: Reza Abiat
Sound and Mix: Farid Daghagheleh
Music: Behrooz Shahamat
Editor: Farid Dagheghaleh
Cast: Ahmad Zamani and "Zebel " the monkey
Producer: Elham Hosseinzadeh
15 min, Monochromatic, Video, 2007
"Zebel" the monkey, is the only source of income for his master who abuses him. One day he finds out that the master is dead. But can Zebel, who has never been free, enjoy his freedom?
BIOGRAPHY:
Elham Hosseinzadeh has a MA in Social Communication. She started her career as a journalist for famous Iranian newspapers. She has done numerous researches on social issues as professor of journalism. She has made several commercial films and collaborated with many directors for making documentaries and short films."Silent Companion” her first short film was very successful film and took part in many festivals, and was awarded world wide.
FILMOGRAPHY:
Short Film:
- SILENT COMPANION (2004)
- FRIEND'S PLACE, ENEMY'S PLACE (2007)
FESTIVALS:
- Zagreb Int'l F.F. (21 – 27 Oct 2007/ Croatia)
- UCLA Film & Television Archive (11 April 2008/ USA)
- Krakow Int’l Film Festival (30 May – 5 June 2008/ Poland)
- International Bunker Film Festival (14 – 18 July 2008/ Netherlands)
- Festival Nouveau Cinema (8 – 19 Oct 2008/ Canada)
- Ourense Int'l Film Festival (11 – 18 Oct 2008/ Spain)
- Third Eye Asian Film Festival (16 – 23 Oct 2008/ India)
- Asian Int'l Short Film Festival (5 -10 Nov 2008/ Korea)
- Mar del Plate Int'l F.F. (6 – 16 Nov 2008/ Argentina)
- Kolkata Int'l F.F. (10 – 17 Nov 2008/ India)