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Transit by Bani Khoshnoudi.
France, 2004, 30 min, BetaSP |
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| Synopsis: | |||||||||||||
On the road to England, Arya, a young Afghan man, crosses Europe's borders with other exiles. Near Italy he is separated from the group and sent by smugglers towards Paris where he is placed in a small "transit" room. This is where Arya meets Khorshid, a young woman who has lost her family on the road and now lives victim to the desires of the smugglers. In Persian w/English subtitles. Post-screening discussion with director Bani Khoshnoudi |
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| Filmmaker’s Biography: | |||||||||||||
| Bani Khoshnoudi was born in Tehran and immigrated to the USA in 1979. She attended the Film School at the University of Texas at Austin before moving to Paris, France in 1999. She has made short fiction films and documentaries. Her short film, TRANSIT, played at a number of festivals and won the Grand Jury Prize at the Premiers Plans Angers Festival, and was nominated for the Jean Vigo Prize and the Prix Novais-Teixeira in 2005. Also in 2004 she made a feature documentary for French television, ARTE, about the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi. She is now writing her first feature project, Ekbatan, that takes place in Tehran as well as making a new documentary in Iran. | |||||||||||||
| Festivals and Awards: | |||||||||||||
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Rotterdam Film Festival, Official Selection, 2005 • Sao Paulo Mostra, 2005 • Larissa New Directors, 2005 • French Film Festival in Stockholm, 2005 • Cote Court Pantin, 2005 • Women's Film Festival in Bordeaux, 2005 • Exile Film Festival in Goteburg, 2005 • Flying Broom Festival in Ankara, 2005 • Nice Short Film Festival, 2005 • Brooklyn International Film Festival, 2006. • Angers European First Film Festival, Winner, Grand Jury Prize, 2006 • Rencontres Cinematographiques de Gindou, First Prize for Screenplay, 2006 |
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| Bani Khoshnoudi Email: banikh@yahoo.com |
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