Mokarrameh, Memories And Dreams

Director: Ebrahim Mokhtari
France/Iran 1999
48 mins. color BETA SP

This is a poetic tale of a village woman in Iran who begins to paint to overcome the loss of a beloved cow. Her pictures recount  the story of her life, the story of the other wives of her husband and of other women in the village, their married life and their work. Her bitter sweet tales are interwoven with stories told by the older first wife about their shared husband - and she confronts her uncle to ask why she was sold into marriage at such a young age.
Imagination and reality combine in her paintings, giving real insight into traditional Iranian customs.

email: playfil@aol.com

Driving Miss Crazy (UK, 1998)
Director: Treva Etienne
11 min
A suspense filled narrative that examines the psychological journey of a young woman waiting for her date to arrive.  As the night falls, loneliness unfolds...Obsession creeps in.  Stars British actress Diane Parish. 

Contact: keylightfilms@hotmail.com
 

THE PRAYER BEADS

a DV short

9 min.

(London, 2000)

Director:  Satti

Set within the context of an immigrant family living in London, a young African boy, Ibrahim realises that computer games are not his true destiny.  Ibrahim's world breaks down after his father has an accident and the boy visits him at the hospital.  Ibrahim encounters Habsa, a mysterious African lady, who helps him to find his adult path.  The film reflects on the ethnic diversity of culture and the people who make up a contemporary city.

Contact: A.R. Satti

 

A WOMAN SCORNED

Director:  Treva Etienne

A woman lies next to her adulterous husband, her mind disturbed, fantasizing about revenge. But fantasy slowly becomes reality when she realizes that the truth is too painful to bear. (Stars Marcia Johnson, Wil Johnson and introduces Alison Stephens).

Contact: keylightfilms@hotmail.com

TAMBOURS   BATTANT
a documentary by Izza Genini
(Morocco/France, 1999, 52min.)

Tambours Battant (Beating Drums) is a rhythmically hypnotizing journey showing the important placing of music in the social and cultural origins of human beings.  "You have round ones, flat ones, you have very small ones and very big ones like those [musicians] who appeared under our windows in Casablanca." A spiritually spontaneous flow of rhythms and energies in the social fabric of society.

Contact: OHRA
         6 Bis Rue Lauriston;              75116 Paris;               Tel: +33(01)1 40 67 96 02

email: igenini@aolcom