Using only one camera as a weapon, an Iranian director delves into the Afghani inland, in order to meet its inhabitants and reveal the true face of a country that seems to be in a state of permanent conflict – a face hidden behind stereotypes and easy conclusions. An unassuming, brave mosaic of a devastated country, which is still populated by real people who dream and desire.
7 Veils
7 Pardeh
20th TDF: Greek premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Sepideh Farsi
- Editing: Sepideh Farsi, Bonita Papastathi
- Sound: Benoît Gargonne, Jean-Guy Véran
- Production: Reves d’eau Productions
- Producers: Javad Djavahery
- Camera: Sepideh Farsi
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Afghanistan, France
- Production Year: 2017
- Duration: 80'
- Contact: Javad Djavahery, Reves d’eau Productions, javad@revesdeau.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Grand Prix of the French Competition – FID Marseille (2017)
Sepideh Farsi
Sepideh Farsi was born in Tehran in 1965 but left Iran in 1980 and went to Paris in 1984 to study mathematics. However, she was drawn to the visual arts and experimented with photography before making her first short films. Her first two features Dreams of Dust and The Gaze premiered at Rotterdam in 2006. Farsi was a Member of the Locarno International Film Festival Jury in Best First Feature in 2009. She won the FIPRESCI Prize (2002), Cinéma du Réel, and Traces de Vie prize (2001) for Homi D. Sethna, Filmmaker, and Best Documentary prize in Festival dei Popoli (2007) for Harat.
Filmography
2003 Dreams of Dust
2006 The Rose
2009 Tehran Without Permission
2010 The House Under The Water
2014 Red Rose
2019 I Will Cross Tomorrow
2023 The Siren
