A tribute to the films of a photographer
(Saed Nikzat)

  Title of the film Director Format Category  Duration
1 On the Soil, Again Mehdi Bemani 8 mm Fiction 26’ 30”
2 The Leave Mohsen Ramezanzadeh 16 mm Fiction 33’
3 The Private Driver Mohammadali Masoumdoust 35 mm Fiction 34’
4 What Does He See? Nima Imami 16 mm Documentary 9’

 

 On the Soil, Again

Title: On the Soil, Again
Director: Mehdi Bemani
Country/City: Mashad
Time: 26’ 30”
Category: Fiction
Format: 8 mm
Screenplay: Abolfazl Attar
Cinematographer: Saed Nikzat
Editor: Mehdi Bemani
Sound: Saed Nikzat
Score:
Producer: IYCS (Mashad)
Date of Production: autumn 1988

Synopsis: Life of a poor shoeshine boy who is deprived of many enjoyments; but when noticing the life of invalid people, he realizes that despite his poverty, the world has bestowed him a great gift, namely a healthy body.

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 The Leave

Title: The Leave
Director: Mohsen Ramezanzadeh
Country/City:
Time: 33’
Category: Fiction
Format: 16 mm
Screenplay: Mohsen Ramezanzadeh
Photography: Saed Nikzat
Editor: Hossein Sangabadian
Sound: Iraj Ravangard, Ahmad Kalantari
Music: Farhad Vilkiji
Producer: Iranian Youth Cinema Society (IYCS)
Date of Production: 1999

Synopsis: After a long time, Reza is allowed a short leave to complete his documents indicating that he is the only son of his parents. So, he returns home, only to find that his father has left to get a job as the janitor in a building which is being constructed. Reza passes a night with his father, and returns to the barracks the following day. Their dialogue at this night is the main theme of the film.

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 The Private Driver

Title: The Private Driver
Director: Mohammadali Masoumdoust
Country/City: -
Time: 34’
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Screenplay: Mohammadali Masoumdoust
Photographer: Saed Nikzat
Editor: Saed Nikzat
Sound: -
Music: -
Producer: IYCS
Date of Production: 1998-99

Synopsis: A man is driving a car in a hot summer day along city streets. Everybody is concerned with his own difficulties, and so he is.
But he is not really a taxi driver. He is a teacher who works on this car for earning a living, and who dislikes this job and himself. His family gives him some relief, but he feels lonely with people. At nights he talks with a friend, but actually both of them are alone. Nevertheless, this brief nightly talk has brought them some consolation.

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 What Does He See?

Title: What Does He See?
Director: Nima Imami
Country/City: -
Time: 9’
Category: Documentary
Format: 16 mm
Screenplay: Nima Imami
Photographer: Saed Nikzat
Editor: Alimohammad Ghassemi
Sound: Mohsen Roshan
Music: Keyvan Jahanshahi
Producer: IYCS
Date of Production: 1998

Synopsis: A documentary about a model named Baba-Hassan.

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