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‘Lotus’ goes to Environmental Filmfest. in Australia

reporter 1222 — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 05:50:46 +0000

Directed by Mohammadreza Vatandoust, Iranian documentary ‘Lotus’ will take part at the competition section of the 10th edition of Environmental Film Festival in Melbourne.

In April of 2010, after the construction of the Lafour dam, Lafourak and several other villages were flooded under 80 meters of water. ‘Lotus’ narrates the story of one old woman who has waited 12 years for permission to cross the lake to an island where the last resident of Lafourak waits for her.

The documentary won Best Director Documentary award at the 18th Beirut International Film Festival in Lebanon, as well as the ‘Artistic Vision Award’ at the 16th Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in US.

Held annually in Melbourne, EFFA is Australia’s only international film festival dedicated to screening films with a focus on the environment. The films selected for the lineup, according to the festival, should have a focus on celebrating nature and wildlife, championing the people, organizations and projects protecting the environment, and illustrating the unprecedented global threats we face, including climate change, food sustainability, habitat loss and pollution.

The 10th EFFA will be held on October 24 – November 1, 2019, in Melbourne, Australia.

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‘Lotus’ screened at Canada’s Gimli Film Festival

reporter 1222 — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:18:18 +0000

Directed by Mohammadreza Vatandoust, Iranian documentary ‘Lotus’ had its Canadian premiere at the 19th edition of Gimli Film Festival on July 27.

The Gimli Film Festival is a Canadian international film festival, held annually in Gimli, Manitoba. It is Manitoba’s largest film festival, showcasing a mix of narrative, documentary and experimental feature films and short films. The festival is known for its free outdoor beach film screenings, where films are projected on an 11-meter-tall screen erected annually in the waters of Lake Winnipeg.

The 19th edition of the event took place on July 24 – July 28, 2019.

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Two Iranian docs shortlisted at US’ Big Sky filmfest.

reporter 1222 — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:36:29 +0000

Two Iranian documentaries, ‘Beloved’ by Yaser Talebi and ‘Lotus’ by Mohammadreza Vatandoust, have been shortlisted in two competition sections of 16th Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in US.

Directed by Mohammadreza Vatandoust, ‘Beloved’ follows the life of an 80-year-old mother named Firouzeh who is fond of her isolated lifestyle in nature with her cows. The film shows her kind and loving character and demonstrates her bravery and strength tackling the hardship of life in the Alborz mountains without the modern comforts of technology. She believes happiness lies in the simplicity of life.

‘Lotus’ by Mohammadreza Vatandoust depicts the survival of one island after a dam flooded a village in northern Iran. It is an “intimate look at the daily routine of an Iranian woman who has survived modestly for twelve years alone in a house at the base of the mountain. She waits for permission to visit the island, which has a grave on it.”

The two Iranian films are among the top ten finalists in two sections of Competition Mini-Doc and Feature Competition of the festival.

The American festival this year features a special program for Iranian films, named ‘Stories from Iran’. In addition to the two films, the section includes ‘Aleppo: The Silence of the War’, a co-production with Syria directed by Amir Osanlu, ‘Finding Farideh’ by Kourosh Ataee and Azadeh Mousavi, and ‘Skipper Soleiman’ by Saadat Ali Saeedpour.

The 16th Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, dedicated to documentary films from around the world, will be held on 15-24 February 2019 in Montana, US.

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