Iranian Film Showcase: Boomerang
Iranian Film Showcase: Boomerang
Iranian Film Showase
Saturday, January 18 at 1:00pm
ABOUT THE FILM
Tired of her marriage to Behzad, Sima is looking for a new home for herself and her teenage daughter Minoo, without telling him. Meanwhile, we see Behzad arranging a chance meeting with his ex-girlfriend in the hope of rekindling their intimacy.
At the same time, the film follows Minoo, who casually takes the initiative at a traffic light and begins a flirt with Keyvan. As if by magic, she knows his name and the two begin to share their innermost thoughts.
Over the course of a week, the film paints a sociological snapshot of modern Tehran. As the marriage of two people from a seemingly hopeless and defeated generation comes to an end, a young romance is beginning to emerge in a generation that is discovering the city and its political realities in a new way.
World premiere: Venice Film Festival 2024 - Giornate Degli Autori.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Shahab Fotouhi (b. 1980, Yazd, Iran) is an artist and filmmaker currently living and working in Tehran. Between 2008 and 2010 he studied fine arts at the Städelschule in Frankfurt. His exhibitions and video works have been shown worldwide in various prestigious institutions, including New Voices at the Barbican Centre, London, 7th Taipei Biennale and 11th Istanbul Biennale, Apeirophobia/Aporia at Human Resources, Los Angeles. His work Post Institutional Stress Disorder was shown at Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus.
From 2010 to 2015, Fotouhi was co-founder and co-organiser of the artist initiative and collective Kaf in Tehran. In 2014 he was part of the artist residency programme at the Queens Museum of Art in New York, and in 2015 he participated in the summer academy at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern. Boomerang is his first feature film.
ABOUT - IRANIAN FILM SHOWCASE
The Iranian Film Showcase invites you to experience a selection of acclaimed new Iranian cinema and films from the Iranian diaspora, from enlightening documentary portraits to vibrant family dramas. Presented in partnership with the Twin Cities Iranian Culture Collective.