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MAST-DEL

Maryam Tafakory
Iran, UK, 2023
17 min.

Two women lie together in bed. As the wind bashes against the window, one recalls a past date to the cinema. A love song that would never pass through the censors, Mast-del is about forbidden bodies and desires, both inside and outside post-revolution Iranian cinema.

A fragmented recollection of a past date serves as the starting point of the main narrative thread in Mast-del, one that speaks about forbidden desire and the oppression of women in a moving and visually striking fashion. Like many of the stories that cannot be voiced in today’s Iran, the tale in Mast-del is told in silence, through poetic captions that unfold on the screen in grainy, reverse negative images that show glimpses of ordinary actions, intertwined with the fragile traces of furtive touches and glances. A hypnotic montage conveys both fear and desire — at an epidermal level. (Oana Ghera)

Data proiecție și locație

Thursday, 28th of September | 18:00

Cinemateca Eforie, Strada Eforie 2
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Premii și festivaluri

Maryam Tafakory

Maryam Tafakory, born in Shiraz, Iran, works with film and performance. Screenings of her work include MoMA, Locarno, IFFR and ICA, amongst others. Her works won awards such as the Best Experimental Short at 70th Melbourne International Film Festival, Gold Hugo Award at 58th Chicago International Festival, Tiger Short Award at the 51st IFFR and Barbara Hammer Feminist Award at 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival.

  • Technical sheet
  • Production and distribution
  • DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY, SOUND DESIGN, EDITING, PRODUCER: Maryam Tafakory
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY: anonymous, Maryam Tafakory
  • COMPOSER: Sarah Davachi
  • PRODUCED BY: Maryam Tafakory

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