MY STOLEN PLANET
2024 Films
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1h 22m
SAYYAREYE DOZDIDE SHODEYE MAN
Germany
MY STOLEN PLANET is a diary-style narrative by Farah, an Iranian filmmaker. Born during the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979, she captures moments of joy and defiance in her daily life, navigating the contrast between domestic freedom and external oppression. Simultaneously, she collects 8mm archives from people she doesn’t know. Relying on others’ recordings, she gains a new perspective on losing memories. Her connection with Leyla, an Iranian professor who left Iran during the revolution, adds a name and story to one of her archive’s faces. Farah’s mother, suffering from Alzheimer’s, motivates her to fight against forgetting. In the fall of 2022, the Women-Life-Freedom uprising became a turning point in Farah’s life, as well as in the lives of many others in Iran. This is a homemade history.
Written & directed by: Farahnaz Sharifi
Produced by: Anke Petersen, Lilian Tietjen, Farzad Pak
Cinematography & editing: Farahnaz Sharifi
Original Score: Atena Eshtiaghi
Sound: Daniel Wulf
Statement of the director:
When we share a memory with others, it moves from private to public. This story is woven tightly with a resistance to forgetting. At a time when power structures strive to narrate history in ways that hide important and popular segments, it becomes all the more crucial to share personal details and micro-narratives.
Production:
JYOTI Film GmbH
www.jyotifilm.de
World Sales:
CAT&Docs
www.catndocs.com
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