The Vanishing Point
Tačka nestajanja
Film info
Director: Bani Khoshnoudi
Original languages: Farsi, English
Editor: Claire Atherton
Cinematographer: Bani Khoshnoudi
Producers: Bani Khoshnoudi, Janja Kralj / KinoElektron
Contact:
Bani Khoshnoudi
E: bani@etik.com
T: +33646221096
Informacije o filmu
Režija: Bani Khoshnoudi
Izvorni jezici: Farsi, English / perzijski, engleski
Montaža: Claire Atherton
Kamera: Bani Khoshnoudi
Producenti: Bani Khoshnoudi, Janja Kralj / KinoElektron
Kontakt:
Bani Khoshnoudi
E: bani@etik.com
T: +33646221096
Synopsis
Exiled from Iran after the ban on her 2009 film about the Green Movement, a filmmaker breaks her family’s decades-long silence about a disappeared cousin, executed during the 1988 purges in political prisons. Intertwining her personal history with that of her country, she translates an inextinguishable thirst for freedom, and a scream that echoes long after the end of this poignant film.
Sinopsis
Protjerana iz Irana nakon što zabranjuju prikazivanje njenog filma o Zelenom pokretu iz 2009. godine, filmašica razbija višedesetljetnu obiteljsku šutnju o nestalom rođaku, pogubljenom tokom čistki 1988. u političkim zatvorima. Preplićući svoju ličnu priču s historijom svoje zemlje, ona prevodi neugaslu žeđ za slobodom i vrisak koji odjekuje dugo nakon završetka ovog upečatljivog filma.
Directors Biography
Bani Khoshnoudi, born in Tehran and raised in Texas, is a filmmaker and visual artist. Her work explores exile, displacement, memory, and historical struggles for freedom. Key films include “The Silent Majority Speaks” (2010–14), banned in Lebanon, and “Fireflies” (2018), winner of HBO Best Ibero-American Feature at Miami IFF. Her work has been shown at the Centre Pompidou, MUAC Mexico City, and Biennale di Venezia. She splits her time between Mexico City and Paris and won the 2022 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts.
Biografija reditelja
Bani Khoshnoudi, rođena u Teheranu i odrasla u Teksasu, je filmska i vizualna umjetnica. Njen rad istražuje egzil, raseljavanje, sjećanje i historijske borbe za slobodu. Najutjecajniji radovi su “The Silent Majority Speaks” (2010–14), zabranjen u Libanu, i “Fireflies” (2018), dobitnik HBO nagrade za najbolji iberoamerički film na Miami IFF. Njen filmovi prikazani su u Centre Pompidou, MUAC Mexico City i Biennale di Venezia. Živi na relaciji Mexico City-Pariz i dobitnica je nagrade Herb Alpert 2022.
Festivals
Visions du Réel, Switzerland, 2025 – Jury Prize in the Burning Lights Competition
Filmfest München, Germany, 2025
Festivali
Visions du Réel, Switzerland, 2025 – Jury Prize in the Burning Lights Competition
Filmfest München, Germany, 2025