Mast-del

Quinzaine 2023 | Short film | 17 min | Iran (Islamic Republic of), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

World premiere

Two women lie in bed together. One tells the other the colorful memory of a date with a man in Tehran. Her story is inscribed on the screen, via superimpositions of images of embraces and flashes of Iranian films produced after the Islamic revolution.

Director

Maryam Tafakory

Maryam Tafakory, born in Shiraz, Iran, works with film and performance. Screenings of her work include MoMA, Locarno, IFFR and ICA, amongst others. Her works won awards such as the Best Experimental Short at 70th Melbourne International Film Festival, Gold Hugo Award at 58th Chicago International Festival, Tiger Short Award at 51st IFFR Rotterdam and Barbara Hammer Feminist Award at 60th AAFF.

Team

Screenplay
Maryam Tafakory

Sound
Maryam Tafakory

Editing
Maryam Tafakory

Music
Sarah Davachi

production
Maryam Tafakory
maryam@tafakory.com

Screenings in Cannes

Théâtre Croisette - 05/24/2023 11.15am

Cinéma Le Raimu - 05/25/2023 4.30pm

Cinéma Alexandre III - 05/25/2023 7.00pm