Reality and Realism: Iran 60s–80s
• October 11–15 [Venue] Solaris 1
Iranian film continues to fascinate people all around the world. This program explores the origins of this pull, in the works of the 1960s through the ’80s. This 15-film program consists of fiction, documentary and experimental films ranging from shorts to features that allow for a deep consideration of two of the allures of Iranian film: the reality within the world of the film, and realism as a method of cinematic expression. It includes narrative films from the 1960s–70s by Bahram Beizai and Sohrab Shahid Saless that played a major role in heralding in the “Iranian New Wave,” as well as the Japan premiere of four of Kamran Shirdel’s black and white films from the 1960s, recently restored by the National Film Archive of Iran. Also screening is Abbas Kiarostami’s First Case . . . Second Case, another Japan premiere, in addition to Ebrahim Mokhtari’s Tenancy, made immediately after Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, Khosrow Sinai’s Hossein Yavari from the 70s, and Amir Naderi’s 80’s masterpiece, Water, Wind, Dust. Amir Naderi will be coming to Japan for the festival, to participate in a discussion that looks back on the filmmaking of the time.
- The House is Black Dir: Forugh Farrokhzad / 1962 / 21 min
The Uncle with a Moustache Dir: Bahram Beizai / 1969 / 28 min
Deliverance/Release Dir: Nasser Taghvai / 1971 / 24 min • Oct. 11 16:40
Hossein Yavari Dir: Khosrow Sinai / 1973 / 17 min
Tenancy Dir: Ebrahim Mokhtari / 1982 / 42 min • Oct. 11 18:40
First Case . . . Second Case Dir: Abbas Kiarostami / 1979 / 53 min • Oct. 12 10:30
Black and White Dir: Sohrab Shahid Saless / 1972 / 4 min
A Simple Event Dir: Sohrab Shahid Saless / 1973 / 80 min • Oct. 13 13:30
Still Life Dir: Sohrab Shahid Saless / 1975 / 94 min • Oct. 13 16:00
Women’s Prison Dir: Kamran Shirdel / 1965 / 11 min
Women’s Quarter Dir: Kamran Shirdel / 1966–80 / 18 min
Tehran Is the Capital of Iran Dir: Kamran Shirdel / 1966–80 / 19 min
The Night It Rained Dir: Kamran Shirdel / 1967 / 36 min • Oct. 14 13:10
Water, Wind, Dust Dir: Amir Naderi / 1989 / 70 min • Oct. 14 16:00
Bashu, the Little Stranger Dir: Bahram Beizai / 1985 / 120 min • Oct. 15 10:00