HUMAN RIGHTS DOX
Starless Dreams
Royahaye dame sobh
Directors
Mehrdad Oskouei
Producers
Mehrdad Oskouei
Cinematographers
Mohammad Hadadi
Editors
Amir Adibparvar
Sound
Hossein Mahdavi
Official Film Website
Contact
Nasrine Médard de Chardon
DreamLab Films
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2016
Iran
76 min
Color
Murder, drug addiction, hijacking cars, running away from home. These are just a few of the crimes that the girls from the rehabilitation centre for juvenile delinquents in Tehran have committed. For seven years, director Mehrdad Oskouei sought permission from the Iranian authorities to allow him to film this strange place, otherwise hidden from the public eye. Once inside, he then shared their tears, laughter, defiance, fear and loneliness. The result is an incredibly intimate documentary about the dreams, nightmares and hopes of women who, going by their age, should still be children.
Director
Mehrdad Oskouei is an Iranian filmmaker, producer, photographer and researcher born in Tehran in 1969 and later graduating in film direction from the University of Arts. His films have been screened at numerous festivals both at home and abroad to great critical acclaim, making him one of the major Iranian documentary makers. In 2010 Oskouei received the Dutch Prince Claus Award for his achievements. He is a founding member of the Institute of Anthropology and Culture and has sat on several international film festival juries as well as being a cultural ambassador for the United Nation’s humanitarian committee UCHA. He also teaches at film schools around Iran and is active in the Tehran Arts and Culture Association.
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