Bahram Beyzaie: A Mosaic of Metaphors

International Film & Video Center Presents
Bahram Beyzaie: A Mosaic of Metaphors

A Film by Bahman Maghsoudlou

With: Lily Amir-ArjomandBahram Beyzaie, Godfrey Cheshire, Parvaneh Masumi, Esmail Nooriala, Richard Pena, Mojdeh Shamsai, Susan Taslimi
Camera: Shahryar Assadi, Bjarne Blume, Sam Javadi, Nezam Kiaie, Danish Saroee, Bahman Soltani, Vahid Zamani
Scenario: Bahman Maghsoudlou, Esmail Nooriala
Editor: Haleh Javanshir
Executive Producer: Bijan Maghsoudlou, Behzad Maghsoudlou, Bahman Maghsoudlou

Synopsis: Identification & Mythology Films
Bahram Beyzaie (born December 26, 1938) is a dramatist and filmmaker, and undoubtedly one of the most important Iranian scholars of the performing arts of the twentieth century. He is a writer, director, playwright, essayist and, above all, an intellectual who has served and influenced his country through more than fifty books and eleven feature films. Beyzaie is a master of theatre and cinema, having produced work in both fields.

This film focuses on his cinematic vision and style in the films he has written, directed, edited and produced between 1970-2009.

In 2010, Bahram Beyzaie left Iran to teach at Stanford University in California.

This film focuses on his cinematic vision and style in the films he has written, directed, edited and produced.

This Film has been shot in England (London), France (Paris), Iran (Tehran), Sweden (Stockholm), USA (New York & San Francisco) between 2002 and 2018.

Documentary, USA/Iran, Color & B/W, Farsi with English Subtitles
Copyright IFVC, 2019

 * Official Selection, MESA Film Festival (Middle East Studies Association), 2019

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Festivals

Moscow Film Festival—2002

Moscow Film Festival—2002

St. Pertersburg Festival — 2000: Jury Member

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Cairo Film Festival—1999: Surviving Paradise

Cairo Film Festival—1999: Surviving Paradise

Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival—1999: Life in Fog

Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival—1999: Life in Fog

Locarno Film Festival—1996: Seven Servants

Locarno Film Festival—1996: Seven Servants

Pesaro Film Festival—1990

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