Gesher

Original title: Gesher
Type : Fiction

Cast:
Hossein Farzizadeh; Ghobad Rahmaninassab; Abdolrassoul Daryapeyma

Crew:
Written and directed by: Vahid Vakilifar
Director of photography: Mohammad-Reza Jahanpanah
Editing: Vahid Vakilifar
Sound Recorder: Vahid Hajilouei
Sound Mixer: Hossein Mahdavi
Producer: Mohammad Rassoulof
Company: Rassaneh shargh-e tamasha – Iran
With financial support of the « Hubert Bals Fund »- Rotterdam International Film Festival
Year: 2010
Running Time: 84min, colour
Shooting format: HD; colour
Original version: Persian & Azeri & Kurdish

Synopsis:
Ghobad, Jahan and Nezam, three men in pursuit of a better life, leave home and head for Oslouyeh, one of the richest gas producing regions in the south of Iran.
However, the difficult living conditions together with the low salaries oblige them and others to find shelter along the disused sections of the pipeline.
The group of workers manage to create an atmosphere of camaraderie despite the difficult conditions with which they are faced.

Director’s statement:
Developing countries inevitably industrialize. In the process of industrialization many are those whose efforts and labor go unrecognized. Nevertheless, this lack of recognition in no way discourages the hopes and joys of those concerned.

Festival debut:
* 58th San Sebastian International Film Festival. In competition « Zabaltegi New Directors » section.

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Winner of : *Black Pearl award* for best narrative film by a new director at Middle East International Film Festival ABU DHABI 2010.
Winner of : *Special Jury Award* in « New Territories » Competition at St. Petersburg International Kinoforum, Russia, 2011.

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