Sonbol - rally through the God state
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Sonbol - rally through the God state |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | Farsi |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 54 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Niko Apel |
| production | Jochen Laube |
| music | Axel Wolf |
| camera | Beate Maria Scherer |
| cut | Ben von Grafenstein |
Sonbol - Rallye durch den Gottesstaat is a German documentary film by Niko Apel from 2008.
action
Sonbol is 35 years old and single. She has her own dental practice and also drives car rallies, preferably against men. Sonbol lives in the holy city of Mashad in the Islamic Republic of Iran. She has to fight for the life she leads, every day. Against her mother, who she wants to marry off, against the sports officials who want to forbid women from participating in the rallies, and last but not least against her own doubts as to whether God is on her side.
background
Sonbol - Rallye durch den Gottesstaat is a production by Sommerhaus Filmproduktion in coproduction with the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy and the SWR (Young Documentary Film Editor), funded by the MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg.
- Sonbol - Rallye durch den Gottesstaat had its world premiere as part of the Max Ophüls Preis 2008 film festival .
Awards
- Grimme Prize 2009 in the Information & Culture category
- FIRST STEPS Award 2008 in the "Documentary" category
- SehSuchten - International Student Film Festival Potsdam 2008: Documentary Film Prize
- Kinofest Lünen 2008: Short Film Award "First Course"
- Duisburg Documentary Film Week 2008: Audience Award
- Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken 2008: Honorable Mention
- Filmschau Baden-Württemberg 2008: Honorable Mention
- Indie Lisboa 2009, Portugal