A Moon for My Father
6.7
Mania Akbari collaborates with British sculptor Douglas White to coin a tender fusion of langauge, where a meeting of cinema and sculpture investigates the processes of physical and psychological destruction and renewal. Begun a matter of weeks after first meeting, the film charts a deepening artistic and personal relationship exploring the nature of skin, family, death, water, desire and, throughout, a powerful will to form. Akbari looks into the connection between her body and the political history of Iran, investigating the relationship between her own physical traumas and the collective political memory of her birthplace. As she undergoes surgeries on a body decimated by cancer, remembrance and reconstruction provide a framework for investigating how bodies are traumatised, censored and politicized, and yet ultimately remain a site of possibility.
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Mania Akbari Director · Douglas White Director
Budget $15K · First release March 25, 2019 · Produced in United Kingdom, Germany, Iran
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Budget
$15,000
Production
United Kingdom · Germany · Iran
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Languages
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
English · Persian
Release dates
Denmark · March 25, 2019
Premiere · CPH:DOX
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
October 26, 2019 · São Paulo International Film Festival
Poland
July 26, 2019 · Premiere · New Horizons Film Festival
Russia
December 19, 2019 · Premiere · Garage Screen
Sweden
January 27, 2020 · Göteborg Film Festival.
Ukraine
July 13, 2019 · Premiere · Odesa International Film Festival
United Kingdom
July 13, 2019 · Odesa International Film Festival
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