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World Premiere The Absent Director

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Suspense/Mystery · Films about Film · Irony

  • CountryIran
  • Production Year2021
  • Running Time85min
  • FormatDCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
1917 (2019) is the first to come to mind when discussing films that were completed without cuts. To amplify the realness of war, the entire movie is in one shot—it was filmed in uncut takes that are seamlessly connected to look like one continuous shot. The Absent Director is also a one-shot film. It’s not a war movie, but the technique makes the story more vivid and immersive. The film seamlessly fuses the past and the present in a single shot, doubling the density of the story, which takes place in a stage director’s house. The members of a theater company get together there to rehearse Macbeth, which they wish to submit to the Edinburgh Theater Festival. The problem is that the director is not home—he instructs the actors through video calls on his cellphone. Chaos ensues as actors complain about the director’s criticisms and the rehearsal falls apart. (NAM Dong-chul)
Director
Director
Arvand DASHTARAY
Born in 1981, Arvand Dashtaray founded a theatrical company in 2002 and has produced over 25 theatrical pieces so far. Among them, Let’s Swing a Little (2011) won the Critical Stage at the Fadjr International Theatre Festival. He is also famous for the experimental performance style and developed a huge project under the title London, Rome, Teheran, Amsterdam: Reconsider Your Image of Me. As a film director, he directed Atisaz 1 (2014), Atisaz 2 (2016), and Atisaz 3 (2020). The Absent Director is Dashtaray’s feature debut film.
Credit
  • Director
    Arvand DASHTARAY
  • ProducerHossein AKBARI
  • CastMarene VAN HOLK
    Arvand DASHTARAY
    Azadeh Mirzaei MIRZAEI
    Tahere HEZAVEH
  • ScreenplayNaghmeh SAMINI
  • CinematographyPeyman SHADMANFAR
  • Production DesignArvand DASHTARAY
  • SoundAli ALAVIAN
  • Production CompanyVirgule FPAC
    hosein57akbari@gmail.com
  • World SalesArtHood Entertainment GmbH
    revzin@arthoodentertainment.com
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