TEHRAN – Mona Zandi-Haqiqi, the director of the acclaimed drama “Friday Evening”, has completed a documentary about Iranian immigrants in Germany. Producer Alireza Shojanuri has submitted the 52-minute documentary “A Nibble of Sleep” to the 11th edition of the Cinema Verite, Iran’s major international festival for documentary cinema, the Documentary and Experimental Film Center announced […]
TEHRAN – Mona Zandi-Haqiqi, the director of the acclaimed drama “Friday Evening”, has completed a documentary about Iranian immigrants in Germany.
Producer Alireza Shojanuri has submitted the 52-minute documentary “A Nibble of Sleep” to the 11th edition of the Cinema Verite, Iran’s major international festival for documentary cinema, the Documentary and Experimental Film Center announced on Wednesday.
The film provides deep insights into how the newly-arrived Iranian immigrants in Germany connect with the generations of Iranians who have chosen to live in Germany, and those children born in an Iranian family in the country over the past 25 years.
Zandi-Haqiqi has made “A Nibble of Sleep” after a long hiatus. She made her debut film “Friday Evening”, about a woman called Sogand and her son Omid, who are shunned by her family and consequently experience hard times, in 2006.
The film brought her several awards in Iranian and international events, including the Silver Alexander Special Jury Award as well its 22,000-euro cash prize at the 47th Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece.
