12th International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh 2019

Endless?

بی پایان؟ (Persian)

Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 80 | Drama | 2018 | Feature Film (Live Action) | Persian

Around the world and almost in every kinds of nation, women are being tortured for various reasons. Forced marriage and dowry system is one of those many reasons which gives birth to post-marriage violence. This film brings up the stories of women who are being brutally punished, and even beaten to death by husbands and in-laws. Some women even commit suicide to escape from the endless torture. All these are happening because of girls getting forcefully married off with the dowry system as a curse hanging over their heads.

বাংলা

সারাবিশ্বে প্রায় প্রতিটা সমাজে নারীরা বিভিন্ন কারণে নির্যাতিত হচ্ছে। জোরপূর্বক বিবাহ এবং যৌতুকপ্রথা, এইসব বহু কারণগুলোর অন্তর্ভুক্ত যার কারণে নারীরা তাদের বিবাহ-পরবর্তী জীবনে অত্যাচারের সম্মুখীন হচ্ছে। এই চলচ্চিত্রে উঠে আসে সেসব নারীর গল্প, যারা তাদের স্বামী ও শ্বশুরবাড়ির লোকজনদের দ্বারা নির্যাতিত হচ্ছে। এই নির্যাতন অনেকসময় তাদের মৃত্যুর মুখে ঠেলে দিচ্ছে। অনেকেই বেছে নিচ্ছে আত্মহত্যার পথ। এসকলই হচ্ছে কারণ মেয়েদের কম বয়সে যৌতুকের বোঝা মাথায় নিয়ে বিয়ের পিঁড়িতে বসতে হচ্ছে।

Original Language

. ازدواج اجباری کودکان فرخنده روا٬ فاطمه بازیار٬ ارش بالش زر٬ و بازیگران خردسال شیوا سینایی٬ عباس ملکی٬ ارشیا برزین از بازیگران فیلم هستند. فیلم بی پایان مراحل پیش تولید و تولید را در شهر یاسوج و روستای کریک در تابستان ۹۶ به پایان رساند و مراحل تدوین٬ صداگذاری و موزیک متن در امریکا انجام شد. عوامل اصلی فیلم مریم ظهیری مهر در مقام نویسنده، تهیه کننده و کارگردان، وحید بیوته در مقام مدیر فیلمبرداری، علیرضا کریم نژاد در کسوت صدابردار و متیو نش٬ راب کوشو در مقام تدوینگر٬ صداگذار و میکس و مستر از لوگان رامجو و الیسا بازیلویچ و موسیقی متن از بهار رویایی اشاره کرد.

Ms. Maryam Zahirimehr

Maryam Zahirimehr is a native of Iran and was educated in the USA. She received her Master's in Photography and Integrated Media from Lesley University, USA. Her short film "Like Pain Like Cigarette" was screened at Cannes short film corner 2017 and got nominated for the best New England film festival(MASSIFF) in USA-2017. “Endless?” is her first feature as a writer-director-producer which won the best international feature award at RIFFA 2018 also and best experimental director from New York

Filmography: Endless? (2018), Identity (2015), Like Pain, Like Cigarette (2017), Talk to the fish (2016), Inevitable Destination (2016), Invisible Woman (2015)

Screening Schedule

  • 3 Mar
    04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

    Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy

    Shegunbagicha

  • 6 Mar
    06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

    Shawkat Osman Hall

    Central Public Library, Shahbag

Credits and Casts

Director
Maryam Zahirimehr
Story
Maryam Zahirimehr
Script/Screenplay
Maryam Zahirimehr
Editor
Matthew Nash
Producer
Maryam Zahirimehr- Pourya Medhati
Cinematographer
Vahid Biouteh
Leading Casts
Farkhondeh Rava, Shiva Sinaee, Fatemeh Bazyar, Abbas Maleki

Exhibition & Award History

Dhaka International Film Festival
Nominated, Women Film Maker's Section Award
Best Feature
Maryam Zahirimehr
2019
Jaipur International Film Festival
Won, Feature Film
Best Debutante Director Award
Maryam Zahirimehr
2018
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
Won, CICFF Award
Film on Women
Maryam Zahirimehr (director)
2018
Films Infest
Won, Trophy
Best Experimental Feature Director
Maryam Zahirimehr (director)
Won, Trophy
Best Experimental Feature Director
Maryam Zahirimehr
2018
Five Continents International Film Festival
Won, Best Indie Feature
Feature
Maryam Zahirimehr
Won, Best Cinematography Feature Film
Feature
Vahid Biouteh
Won, Best Screenplay Feature Film
Feature
Maryam Zahirimehr
Won, Best Young Actor Feature Film
Feature
Shiva Sinaee
2018
Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco
Nominated, Festival Prize
Best feature
Maryam Zahirimehr (director)
2018
Jaipur International Film Festival
Nominated, Feature Film
Welcome regard feature
Maryam Zahirimehr (director)
2018
Kolkata International Film Festival
Nominated, Festival Prize
International Competition : Innovations in Moving Images
Maryam Zahirimehr
2018
Mzansi Women's Film Festival
Nominated, Jury Prize
Best Feature Film
Maryam Zahirimehr (director)
2018
Regina International Film Festival & Awards (RIFFA)
Won, Jury Prize
Best International Feature
Maryam Zahirimehr (director)