HIFF.ORG AMERICAN IMMIGRANT FILMMAKERS ON PROFILE PRESENTED BY THE VILCEK FOUNDATION
NOMINATED FEATURE DIRECTOR AND CAST IN ATTENDANCE
BEIJING TAXI HAWAII PREMIERE
saTURDay, OCTObER 16 | 3:00 Pm | REgal DOlE sUnDay, OCTObER 17 | 4:15 Pm | REgal DOlE ChIna 2010 | manDaRIn W/ EnglIsh sUbTITlEs | 78 m
DIRECTOR: Miao Wang sCREEnWRITER: Miao Wang PRODUCERs: Ivana Stolkiner, Miao Wang CInEmaTOgRaPhER: Sean Price Willliams, Ian Vollmer CasT: Bai Ji Wen, Zhou Yi, Wei Caixia Wei
With the preparations for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games as the backdrop, the feature-length documentary, BEIJING TAXI portrays the profound transformation of the ancient capital of China told through the eyes of three taxi drivers. Jiwan Bai, a driver in his mid 50’s, represents the older, lost generation that came of age during the Cultural Revolution. Caixia Wei, is a mother in her mid-thirties and of the younger generation who aspires to a free-spirited life. Zhou Yi, an optimistic and content man in his late thirties that holds on to the more traditional Beijinger’s lifestyle of the past.
As the city of Beijing modernizes, their diverse lives are challenged with the impact of socio-economic changes that create struggles and limitation. Though their future is yet uncertain, they continue forward with their daily lives and aspirations. Director Miao Wang’s first feature-length documentary film, BEIJING TAXI, navigates, through a cinematic and poetic style, on the path that a society travels to modernization. —Lisa Yamamoto
DOG SWEAT
ARAGH SAGEE HAWAII PREMIERE
sUnDay, OCTObER 17 | 2:00 Pm | REgal DOlE mOnDay, OCTObER 18 | 5:00 Pm | REgal DOlE IRan 2010 | faRsI W/ EnglIsh sUbTITlEs | 90 m
DIRECTOR: Hossein Keshavarz sCREEnWRITER: Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Azadi PRODUCERs: Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Azadi, Alan Oxman CInEmaTOgRaPhER: Ehsan Karimi CasT: Ahmad Akbarzadeh, Tahereh Esfahani, Bagher Forohar, Shahrokh Taslimi, Rahim Zamani
Invoking the subversive urgency of cinema vérité, filmmaker Hossein Keshavarz interweaves the lives of seven young people in contemporary Iran. Misunderstood by their families and oppressed by conservative Islamic society, they act out their personal desires behind closed doors. A feminist finds herself in an affair with a married man; new lovers search for a place to be physically intimate; a gay man is pressured to leave his partner for an arranged marriage; a female pop singer risks exposure; and a grief-stricken son lashes out at fundamentalists.
Keshavarz’s film debut is certain to trigger conversation about the contradictions brewing within contemporary Iran, where two-thirds of the population is under thirty. This covert society, forced to operate without government sanctions, is bravely brought into the sunlight by Dog Sweat, which displays a side of Iranian life virtually unseen by the outside world. Shot clandestinely in Tehran—a risky endeavor for the cast and crew—this provocative film provides the new generation of Iranians a fervent voice of rebellion. —Jonathan Wysocki
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SING CHINA! / CULTURES OF RESISTANCE
NOTHING BEHIND THE DOOR / THE WHITE MEADOWS
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