Iran has been presented for years as one of the cradles of Muslim fundamentalists, and more recently as one of the Muslim countries most open to world markets. Iran intrigues the West on more than one account. A college dormitory, a cemetery, a military academy, a drama class, a mosque… such are the places where the director met Iranians in their every-day life: soldiers, religious figures, young people, former soldiers, but also members of reforming movements, students, artists, or intellectuals who often pay a heavy price in their fight for freedom. “Iran veiled appearances” shows a culturally and socially fractured society. The filmmaker’s eye has viewed the country from many angles and created a multifaceted film, in image of a country where the religious fervour of some contrasts with the desire for freedom of others.
Production : Les Films de la Passerelle, Les Films d’ici
Coproduction : RTBF, RAI, ARTE France, VRT Canvas, CBA
With the support of the Centre du cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, DGCI, SVT (Suède) – Olof Dahlberg YLE (Finlande) – Iikka Vehkalahti & Centre National de la Cinématographie (France), MEDIA, Eurimages, la Procirep, La Loterie Nationale, Sundance Documentary Fund of the Sundance Institute
-Festival International du film francophone de Namur (B) 09/02
-Festival du film documentaire de New York (USA) 11/02
-International Documentary film festival Amsterdam, section “What do you believe in ?” 11/02
-Human rights Watch inter film festival, Londres 2003
-Human rights Watch Inter film festival, San Fransicsco (USA) 2003 + Nomination au Golden Awards
-Sème Semaine du Documentaire de création Européen, Strasbourg (F) + Grand Prix du festival 2002
-Sundance Film Festival, Beverly Hills (USA) 2003
-Festival de Tel-Aviv (Israël) + Mention d’honneur 2003
-Prix Joseph Plateau, Meilleur documentaire belge, Gand 2001/2002
-Coq de Cristal : Prix décerné le Parlement de la Communauté française 2002
-RIPA – Biarritz (France) 2003
-Human Rights Watch International Film Festival- San Francisco (USA) 2003
-Fespaco (Burkina Faso) 2003
-Human Rights Watch International Film Festival – London (England) 2003
-Pilmondo – Milan (Italie) 2003
-“Ezio Croci”, prix du meilleur film
-Human Rights Watch International Film Festival – Prague (Tchéquie)
-DocAviv Tel-Aviv (Israel) 2003
-San Francisco (USA) 2003 -Washington DC (USA) 2003
-MoMA’s (New York) USA 2003
-Nashville (USA) 2003
-Munich (Allemagne) 2003
-Quinzaine du cinema francophone – Berlin – (Allemagne) 2003
-River Run (USA) 2003
-Film Forum – Freiburg (Allemagne) 2003
-One World Festival – Edinbough (England) 2003
-Bite the Mango – Bradford (England) 2003
-Nominé au 43emc Festival des Télévisions – Monte Carlos (Monaco) 2003 -Montecatini (Italie) 2003 -Sarajevo (Bosnia) 2003
-Festival des Films du Monde – Montreal (Canada) 2003 -Festival du documentaire – ARTE – Paris (France) 2003 -Silver Lake Film Festival (USA)
-Human Rights Watch International Film Festival- Nuremberg (Allemagne) 2003
-Flanders film festival – Gand (Belgique) 2003
-Cork Film Festival (Irlande) 2003
-Massachusetts film Festival (USA) 2003
-Hollywood Film Festival – Los Angeles – (USA) 2003
-Valladolid (Espagne) 2003
-Copenhagen Dox Festival (Danemark) 2003
-Human Rights Watch International Film Festival Bratislava (Slovakia) 2003
-Human rights Watch Inter film festival, San Fransicsco (USA) 2003 + Nomination au Golden Awards
-Sème Semaine du Documentaire de création Européen, Strasbourg (F) + Grand Prix du festival 2002
-Festival de Tel-Aviv (Israël) + Mention d’honneur 2003
-Prix Joseph Plateau, Meilleur documentaire belge, Gand 2001/2002
-Coq de Cristal : Prix décerné le Parlement de la Communauté française 2002
-“Ezio Croci”, prix du meilleur film
