Iranian movie ‘Bandar Band’
The road movie follows the journey of three musicians across a flooded landscape to attend a music competition in Tehran
Iranian movie ‘Bandar Band’ got the coveted Golden Royal Bengal Tiger trophy as the Best Film of the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival which concluded on Friday. The Manijeh Hekmat directed road movie, which follows the journey of three musicians across a flooded landscape to attend a music competition in Tehran, got a cash award of Rs 51 lakh along with the trophy. Artykpai Suiundukov bagged the Best Director crown for ‘Shambala’ from Kyrgyzstan and Rs 21 lakh as prize money.
A still from Bander Band
Kolkata: Iranian film-maker Manijeh Hekmat has been in Kolkata and intends to make a film on India someday. She believes that India is one of few countries where you can place your camera in every corner and you’ll have images and, ultimately, cinema .
Her personal film career is long and eventful. In 1995, she began working as a producer. In 2002, she directed her debut feature titled ‘Women’s Prison’ on the situation of Iranian women prisoners. The film was premiered at the Venice Film Festival. In 2007, her second film, ‘Three Women’, was shown in more than 80 international film festivals starting with Berlinale.
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