Between Revolutions
- Title: Between Revolutions
- Year of production: 2023
- Duration: 69`
- Director: Vlad Petri
- Screenwriters: Lavinia Braniște, Vlad Petri
- Camera: -
- Sound: Filip Mureșan, Vlad Voinescu
- Editing: Dragoș Apetri, Cătălin Cristuțiu, Vlad Petri
- Music: Filip Sertić
- Producer: Monica Lãzurean-Gorgan
- Production: Activ Docs , Restart
Zahra and Maria meet at university in Bucharest in the 1970s. When the hope of political change draws Zahra home to Iran they are forced apart. For the next decade, their only way to communicate is through letters. Divided by two revolutions, their words describe women struggling to be heard, countries moving in different directions, and two souls united in their longing for each other.
Director:
Vlad Petri is a film director interested in political and social subjects, often mixing personal images with official archives. After graduating from Cinematography at the University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest (2004), he undertook a MA degree in Visual and Media Anthropology at Freie Univer...
Festivals where it was shown:
- 2023. - 73rd Berlin International Film Festival - Berlinale 2023 (Berlin, DE)
- 2023. - Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival 2023 (Solun, GR)
- 2023. - CPH:DOX 2023 - programme 'Change Makers' (Copenhagen, DK)
- 2023. - One World Romania 2023 (Bucharest, RO)
- 2023. - DOCAVIV 2023 – competition (‘Depth of Field’) (Tel Aviv, IL)
- 2023. - REFILM: Restoration Film Festival 2023 (Jeruzalem, IL)
- 2023. - Krakow Film Festival 2023 - programme ‘Illumination’ (Krakow, PL)
- 2023. - Sheffield Doc Fest 2023 - programme ‘Perspectives on Iran’ (Sheffield, GB)
- 2023. - Sidney Film Festival 2023 – programme ‘International Documentaries’ (Sidney, AU)
- 2023. - Transilvania International Film Festival 2023 – ‘Romanian Film Days’ (Cluj, RO )
- 2023. - MOLDOX 2023 (Cahul, MD)
- 2023. - Sarajevo Film Festival (documentary competition) (Sarajevo, BA)
Awards and recongitions
- Berlin International Film Festival 2023, Berlin, DE – FIPRESCI award (Forum)
- ZagrebDox 2023, Zagreb, HR – special mention in regional competition
- Transilvania International Film Festival 2023, Cluj-Napoca, RO – the best feature film in ‘Romanian Film Days’ programme
- Transilvania International Film Festival 2023, Cluj-Napoca, RO – FIPRESCI award for the best movie (Romanain Film Days)
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