I Am Trying to Remember

Man saei mikonam faramoush nakonam

24th TDF: Greek Premiere

Pegah talks about Gholam, a man who’s not like her father, mother, uncles, or aunts, even though he’s always present at family gatherings. Gholam films these everyday scenes with his own camera. At the time, Pegah can’t imagine what the purpose of these films might be, but she’s happy to pose before the lens of this family friend, whom she’s certainly very fond of. It is as if Pegah, the film’s director and chief protagonist, is reading from a children’s book; as if we are looking over her shoulder at Gholam’s films of the family and the old photos. The large family radiates great warmth as we see them shoveling snow or just sitting around at home. But then comes the chapter about Gholam and the Iranian revolution, heralding a plot twist in the story that comes to symbolize thousands of Pegahs and Gholams inside and outside Iran.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Available at the Agora Market.

Direction: Pegah Ahangarani
Script: Pegah Ahangarani, Ehsan Abdipour
Cinematography: Pegah Ahangarani
Editing: Farahnaz Sharifi
Music: Atena Mostaan Eshtiaghi
Production: Europe Media Nest
Producers: Kaveh Farnam
Format: DCP
Color: Color, B/W
Production Country: Iran, Czech Republic
Production Year: 2021
Duration: 16΄
Contact: Europe Media Nest

Pegah Ahangarani

Filmography

2008 Deh Namaki-ha
2021 I Am Trying to Remember (short)