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HOME & THE HOMELESS MAN

After losing his wife's affection on 3 occasions, a man searching for a home he believes he's lost, wanders the city streets like a vagabond. in a moment of epiphany he comes to realize he never lost the home he has sought on the outside; he's only had to look within.

  • NIMA B. DJAVIDANI
    Director
  • NIMA B. DJAVIDANI
    Writer
  • NIMA B. DJAVIDANI
    Key Cast
    "A Homeless Man/ The Clown"
  • BITA RANJBAR MOOLE
    Key Cast
    "The Home"
  • ZACK PEYMAN
    ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
  • REZA MEHRAD
    CAMERA
  • IZAAK IBRAHIM
    SOUND
  • MINA KHODADAD
    Make-Up
  • Nima B. Djavidani
    Montage
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    خانه بدوش و خانه اش
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Completion Date:
    February 11, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    20 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Cyprus
  • Country of Filming:
    Cyprus
  • Language:
    Persian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • South Film and Arts Academy Festival
    Rancagua, O'Higgins
    Chile
    February 16, 2019
    South Film and Arts Academy Festival
    Best Lighting In A Short Film/ Nima B .Djavidani
  • South Film and Arts Academy Festival
    Rancagua, O'Higgins
    Chile
    February 16, 2019
    South Film and Arts Academy Festival
    Best Make Up In A Short Film/ Mina Khodadad
  • Magikal charm Video and Film Festival
    New york
    United States
    March 13, 2019
    The Magikal Charm Experimental Video & Film Fest 365 West 28 Street Ste. 18 J New York, New York 10001
    ITSO "In The Spirit of" Tasawwuf award
  • LIFFT INDIA FILMOTSAV-WORLD CINE FEST
    PUNE, MAHARASHTRA
    India
    October 15, 2019
    LIFFT INDIA FILMOTSAV & AWARDS - World Cine Fest
    FINALIST
  • Indie Short Fest
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    October 17, 2019
    Indie Short Fest
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
Director Biography - NIMA B. DJAVIDANI

Nima began his career path in the late 90s with an Olympus Om2 negative photo camera when there where only film cameras. He worked as an assistant photographer at his friend's photo studio for three years before he became a freelance photographer. With his Hasselblad medium format he specialised in studio photography and practiced fine art photography. Other than advertising and architectural photography he has conducted around a dozen conceptual photo exhibitions held in well-known galleries inside and outside of Iran.
After fifteen years in Iran's competitive commercial photography industry, he began studying film theory and practice in academia to broaden his field of expertise. With his background in photography during the course of his studies he created a series of video art and experimental short films which were recognised in many festivals in Europe, Canada, Chile, and the United States. He got his Bachelor of Arts in TV and film studies at eastern Mediterranean university and is currently living in Cyprus.

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Director Statement

Living in the very populated city of Tehran in Iran since I was a young boy gave me the chance to be confronted by the reality of a lot of people struggling with poverty and homelessness in the streets, some mentally broken down and living without shelter. My parents were divorced when I was a child so I’ve always felt a connection between them and myself. This connection always gave me a sense of responsibility towards the issue of “having no home”.

At the end of the year 2003, an earthquake shook the city of Bam, in one of the southern provinces of Iran, with a death toll of more than 26,000 and 30,000 casualties. As a photographer, along with one of my colleagues, I traveled to Bam to cover the earthquake aftermath. After reaching there, the terrible pain of those who had lost their homes got to me in a heartbeat. I tried to get back home as soon as I could, as I could not handle the tragedy. Eventually, I ended up in an army airplane with a lot of causalities who were sent to other cities of Iran to be hospitalized. I was placed beside an injured girl who had lost a leg. I spoke to her and she began to express her loss and feelings to me. She had lost her home, her loved ones and a leg but could still find it in herself to smile. I could not begin to describe the beauty of her soul and her optimism. During the time in the airplane, I took a photo of an old man which was published and sold later on; and the money was donated to those affected by the disaster. I wanted to do more since I had some experience in writing, I saw an opportunity to write a story, trying to express what I had witnessed. That is how “Home & The Homeless Man” was initially born.

It took 14 days to be written but 15 years to be finalized in a solid form that I was happy with. The first version of the work was a solo street performance that I performed in Vienna in 2005 and in Paris in 2008. Although I did not receive a lot of productive feedback from my audiences, I believed in the work and thanks to my instructors in the TV & Film Department of Eastern Mediterranean University and with the help of my friend Zack Peyman, it stayed alive long enough to be made into a film for a new audience today; and for the memory of the people who initially inspired it.