“My Stolen Planet" is a diary-style narrative by Farah, an Iranian filmmaker. Born during the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979, she captures moments of joy and defiance in her daily life, navigating the contrast between domestic freedom and external oppression. Simultaneously, she collects 8mm archives from people she doesn't know.
Relying on others' recordings, she gains a new perspective on losing memories. Her connection with Leyla, an Iranian professor who left Iran during the revolution, adds a name and story to one of her archive's faces. Farah's mother, suffering from Alzheimer's, motivates her to fight against forgetting. In the fall of 2022, the Women, Life, Freedom uprising became a turning point in Farah's life, as well as in the lives of many others in Iran. This is a homemade history.
- duration:
- 82 min
- country / year of production:
- Iran, Germany / 2024
- director:
- Farahnaz Sharifi
- cinematography:
- Farahnaz Sharifi
- production:
- Anke Petersen, Farzad Pak / JYOTI Film, Pak Film
- selected festivals and awards:
- 2024 – IDFA Amsterdam: ReFrame Award for Creative Use of Archive, 2024 – Bilbao IFF: ZIFF Youth Award, 2024 – Thessaloniki IFF: FIPRESCI Award, Golden Alexander award, 2024 – Yerevan IFF: Golden Apricot, 2024 – Taiwan IFF: Audience Award, 2024 – Innsbruck IFF: Best Documentary Award, 2024 – Berlinale IFF, 2024 – DokuFest Munchen: German Documentary Film Music Award, 2024 – Chicago IFF, 2024 – Hot Docs Toronto, 2024 – BFI London, 2024 – Sydney IFF
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