Silence

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SILENCE
Italy – 2016 – 15’
Regia / Director: Farnoosh Samadi, Ali Asgari
Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: Farnoosh Samadi, Ali Asgari
Montaggio / Editing: Mauro Rossi
Fotografia / Cinematography: Alberto Marchiori
Musica / Music: Matti Paalen
Interpreti / Cast: Fatma Alakus, Cahide Ozel, Valentina Carnelutti

Sinossi / Synopsis
Fatma e sua madre sono rifugiate curde in Italia. Durante una visita medica, Fatma deve tradurre ciò che il medico dice alla madre, ma invece rimane in silenzio.

Fatma and her mother are Kurdish refugees in Italy. On their visit to the doctor, Fatma has to translate what the doctor tells to her mother but she keeps silent.

FARNOOSH SAMADI
Biografia / Biography:
Farnoosh Samadi è nata in Iran e si è diplomata all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. Ha iniziato la sua carriera da regista all’Iranian Youth Cinema Society e successivamente ha creato alcune installazioni video. È sceneggiatrice per i cortometraggi “More Than Two Hours” diretto da Ali Asgari e nominato alla Palma d’Oro a Cannes nel 2013; “The Baby”, presentato in anteprima allo Short film competition del Festival del Cinema di Venezia nel 2014 e di altri cortometraggi. Attualmente sta scrivendo un lungometraggio con Ali Asgari, accettato alla Cinefondation Residence del Festival di Cannes. “The Silence” è il suo primo cortometraggio, proiettato in anteprima al Film Festival di Cannes 2016.

Farnoosh Samadi was born in Iran and graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Rome. She started her career as a filmmaker at the Iranian Youth Cinema Society and after that she made some video installations. She is the scriptwriter for the short films “More Than Two Hours” directed by Ali Asgari which was nominated for a Palme d’Or at Cannes 2013, “The Baby” which was premiered in Short film competition at Venice Film Festival 2014 and some other short films . She is currently co-writing a feature film with Ali Asgari which is accepted at Cinefondation Residence of Cannes Film Festival. The Silence is her first short film which will have its world premiere in competition at Cannes Film Festival 2016.

ALI ASGARI
Biografia / Biography:
Ali Asgari è nato a Teheran, in Iran. Si è diplomato in cinema in Italia. Ha iniziato la sua carriera come assistente alla regia ed è alunno del Berlinale Talent Campus 2013. Il suo cortometraggio “More than two hours” è stato in gara a Cannes 2013 e al Sundance Film Festival 2014. Il suo cortomnetraggio “The Baby” è stato mostrato in anteprima in competizione al Festival del Cinema di Venezia 2014. I suoi cortometraggi sono stati proiettati in oltre 500 festival in tutto il mondo e hanno vinto oltre 100 premi internazionali. “The silence” è il suo primo cortometraggio girato fuori dall’Iran e in gara al Festival di Cannes 2016.

Ali Asgari was born in Tehran, Iran. He is a graduated of cinema in Italy. He began his career as an assistant director. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talent Campus 2013.. His short film “More Than Two Hours” was in competition at Cannes 2013 and Sundance Film festival 2014. His short film “The Baby” was premiered in competition of Venice Film Festival 2014. His short films were screened in more than 500 festivals around the world and won more than100 international awards. His first feature film script is accepted at Cinefondation Residence of Cannes Film Festival. “The Silence” is his first short film which was made out of Iran and will have its world premiere in competition at Cannes Film Festival 2016.