Rakhshan Banietemad

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Rakhshan Banietemad (2014)

Rakhshān Banie'temād ( Persian رخشان بنی‌اعتماد Rachschan Banietemad , born April 3, 1954 in Tehran , Iran ) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter . Her films are shown at international festivals and received awards, so that she is regarded as the "First Lady of Iranian Cinema".

Life

Banie'temād was born into a middle-class family. Her parents wanted her to be a teacher, but from a young age she showed more interest in the world of film. So she studied film and obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Tehran.

Shortly thereafter, in 1978, Banietemad began directing television documentaries for the Iranian broadcaster Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). Her work dealt mainly with the social and economic problems of Iran, whereby she was initially exposed to harsh criticism. Her 1991 film Nargess was a hit with critics and audiences alike . At the Fajr International Film Festival , she received the award for the best directorial work, which was presented to a woman for the first time at the festival. Since then she has received numerous other prizes, such as the "Bronze Leopard" at the Locarno Festival in 1995 for her film The Blue-Veiled .

In general, her films are viewed as socially critical documentaries, whereby she tries to reproduce the reality of everyday life in Iran. The themes of the films often revolve around poverty, crime, divorce, polygamy, social norms, cultural taboos and the oppression of women. Your film Under the skin of the City (زیر پوست شهر, Zir-e poost-e shahr) from 2001 received the special St. Georg Prize (Special Jury Prize) at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival . The following year she was a member of the jury for this festival.

With the film Our Times , made in 2002, Banietemad was the first filmmaker to explicitly deal with the Iran-Iraq war despite the censorship requirements .

Banietemad is particularly interested in strong women's roles who deal with social grievances. In her last films, these are women from the lower class, often on low incomes, whose strong will to survive she sees as an admirable quality of Iranian women. In addition, her films focus on the relationships between mothers and children, which also comes from her own experience as a mother. Despite the dominance of strong female protagonists in her work, she does not see herself as a feminist filmmaker, a label that Western festival organizers have often given her. Rather, their interest lies in dealing with the universal struggle of the lower social classes, detached from their gender.

Her film style differs from other Iranian directors by a more emotional and more theater-oriented approach to the respective topic. Her special style stems from her passion to portray the reality of Iranian society as accurately as possible. Occasionally, she even lives under the circumstances of the people who appear in her films. Before shooting her film Gilaneh , she spent 1½ years in the village of Espili, where she observed the daily life of the people affected by the Iran-Iraq war 15 years ago.

In January 2020, she was briefly imprisoned together with other artists in Iran.

Filmography

Feature films

  • 1987: Off the Limits (Kharej az mahdudeh)
  • 1988: Canary Yellow (Zard-e qanari)
  • 1989: Foreign Currency (Pul-e khareji)
  • 1991: Nargess
  • 1994: The Blue Veiled (Rusari abi)
  • 1997: The May Lady (Banu-ye ordibehesht)
  • 1998: Baran and the Native (Baran va bumi), part of Kish
  • 2000: Under the Skin of the City (Zir-e pust-e shahr)
  • 2005: Gilaneh
  • 2006: Mainline (Khun bazi)
  • 2014: Tales (Ghessehha)

Documentaries

  • 1979: The Culture of Consumption (Farhang-e masrafi)
  • 1980: Occupation of Migrant Peasants in the City (Mohajerin-e roustai dar shahr)
  • 1981: The War Economic Planning (Tadbirha-ye eqtesadi-e jang)
  • 1982: Centralization (Tamarkoz)
  • 1992: The 1992 Report (Gozaresh-e 71)
  • 1993: Spring to Spring (Bahar ta bahar)
  • 1994: To Whom Do You Show These Films? (In filmha ra beh ki neshun midin?)
  • 1995: The Last Visit with Iran Daftari (Akharin didar ba Iran Daftari)
  • 1996: Under the Skin of the City (Zir-e pust-e shahr)
  • 2002: Our Times ... (Ruzegar-e ma ...)
  • 2007: Persian Carpet (Farsh-e Iran), segment
  • 2009: We Are Half of Iran's Population (Ma nimi az jameiat-e Iranim)
  • 2009: Angels of the House of Sun (Hayat khalvate khaneh khorshid)
  • 2010: I'll see you Tomorrow Elina (Farda mibinamet Elina)
  • 2012: The Room No. 202 (Otahgh-e 202) Part of Kahrizak 4 Views
  • 2014: Mahak My Home (Khaneh man Mahak), group work
  • 2014: Keep Children in School (Bacheh ha ra dar madreseh negahdarim), group work
  • 2015: One Hour in a Lifetime (Yek saat az yek omr)
  • 2015: All My Trees (Hameh derakhtan-e man)
  • 2015: The Other Side Of Mirrors (An sooy-e ayeneh ha)
  • 2016: Hey Humans (Ay Adamha)

Awards

Web links

  • Joanne Laurier and David Walsh, An interview with Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, co-director of Gilaneh , World Socialist Web Site, October 3, 2005, WSWS.org .
  • Rakhshan Bani-Etemad Film Season April 2008 - London , Payvand, March 25, 2008, [2] .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview on filmcomment.com (accessed March 19, 2017)
  2. ↑ a b Firouzan Film, 2011
  3. ↑ Moscow International Film Festival: 2001 on Internet Movie Database
  4. ↑ Sheri Whatley: Iranian Women Film Directors: A Clever Activism Off Our Backs Vol. 33, No. 3/4 (March-April 2003), pp. 30-32
  5. ↑ Alissa Simon: "Interview with Rakhshan Banietemad." Facets. May 3, 2012. Archived copy ( memento of July 29, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ).
  6. ↑ Joanne Laurier, David Walsh: "An Interview with Rakhshan Banie'temad, co-director of Gilaneh. World Socialist Web Site. October 3, 2005. International Committee of the Fourth International [1]
  7. ↑ Prominent Iranian Filmmakers Arrested , accessed January 14, 2020
  8. ↑ Asia Pacific Screen Awards Winners Announced on AsiaPacificScreenAwards.com
  9. ↑ Honorary doctorate from SOAS London
  10. ↑ Pigeon Soars, Birdman Snubbed at Venice Awards
personal data
SURNAME Banietemad, Rakhshan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Banie'temād, Rakhshān; رخشان بنی اعتماد (Persian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Tehran , Iran