Alan
Many Kurdish families in Syria and Iraq have lost their homes and families after ISIS attacks. The story of this film is about one of them.
(French)
En Syrie et en Irak, de nombreuses familles kurdes ont perdu leur maison dans les attaques de l'État islamique. Voici l'histoire de l'une d'entre elles.
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Mostafa GandomkarDirector
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Mostafa GandomkarWriter
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Mostafa GandomkarProducer
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Hashem MoradiCinematographer
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Sadeq RezaniaEditor
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Arash QasemiSound
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Majid MohammaddoustFestival Distributor
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Drama, war, human right, kurdish, family
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Runtime:20 minutes
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Completion Date:February 4, 2017
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Country of Origin:Iran, Islamic Republic of
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Country of Filming:Iran, Islamic Republic of
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Language:Kurdish
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Shooting Format:RED
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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The 39th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film FestivalClermont-Ferrand
France
February 4, 2017
World Premiere
International Competition -
28th Sao Paulo International Short Film FestivalSão Paulo
Brazil
August 23, 2017
South America Premiere
International Competition -
34th Tehran International Short Film FestivalTehran
Iran, Islamic Republic of
October 17, 2017 -
17th Festival International du Court Métrage de Lillelille
France
September 23, 2017
Official Selection - International Competition -
5th Duhok International Film Festival 2017Duhok
Iraq
September 9, 2017
Golden Leaf for Best Short Kurdis Film -
15th Dublin International Film Festival 2018Dublin
Ireland
February 22, 2018
Semi-finalist -
17th BIFF - Beirut International film FestivalBeirut
Lebanon
October 4, 2017
Public Square Section -
14th Salento International Film FestivalSalento
Italy
September 1, 2017
Italy Premiere
Official Selection- International Competition -
16th Silhouette Film Festival 2017Paris
France
August 28, 2017
Official Selection -
14th Intl. Short Film Festival "kurz.film.spiele"spiele
Germany
October 21, 2017
German Premier
First Prize -
28th Séquence Short Film FestivalToulouse
France
November 22, 2017 -
10TH London Kurdish Film FestivalLONDON
United Kingdom
April 13, 2018
United Kingdom Premiere
Official Selection -
11th Jahorina Film Festival
Bosnia and Herzegovina
September 20, 2017
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
8th Independent Short Film FestivalTehran
Iran, Islamic Republic of
August 27, 2017
National Premiere
Official Selection -
14th Sedicicorto International Film Fest.Forlì
Italy
October 6, 2017 -
7th Yılmaz Güney Film Festival
Turkey
April 27, 2018
Official Selection -
13th Neue HEIMAT Film Fest.
Germany
August 25, 2017
German Premier
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
5th 9FilmFestBangkok
Thailand
December 15, 2017 -
Redline International Film Festival
Canada
February 1, 2018
Best Director Award -
6th Bengaluru International Short Film FestivalBengaluru
India
September 15, 2017 -
4th Samara Film Festival "70/30"Samara
Russian Federation
October 29, 2017
Special Screening -
57th IYCS Regional Festival Festival (Shabdiz)Kermanshah
Iran, Islamic Republic of
September 13, 2017
Best Sound Prize -
PARTIE(S) DE CAMPAGNE 2017Paris
France
July 13, 2017
LES PROGRAMMES INTERNATIONAUX -
35th Fajr International Film FestivalTehran
Iran, Islamic Republic of
May 2, 2017
Broken Olive Trees - International non-competition -
The 5th Festival Cinéma(s) d'IranParis
France
June 14, 2017
Mid-East Premier -
XIII Pontino Short Film FestivalLatina
Italy
December 14, 2018
Mostafa Gandomkar, 1986, Iran
Producer and Director
M.A in Cinema from Tehran University of Art
Coat/2012/
Be Soo-Ye Khoshbakhti/2009/
He is currently teaching cinema at some universities and Iranian Youth Cinema Society as well.
He started artistic activities in cinema by photography when he was studying graphic as his bachelor.
He started documentary filmmaking by directing “Be Soo-ye Khoshbakhti” at the beginning of his master.
He continued by documentary film editing and directing.
“Coat” which nominated for The Best Short Film Award in Nahal Student Film Festival, was his first short film as a director.
That was on confrontation between managers and students at a school. The film showed his interest in Kiarostami’s cinema including working with non-actors and criticism of the education system.
“Alan” as the only short film from Iran in 39th Clermont-errand International Short Film Festival, came out du his orientation of integration documentary and drama with his ethnographic approach to portray a day in the life of a Kurdish family just before dispersion!
Reviews on "Alan" from DC Shorts Film Festival
1- I would watch this film with someone just to see their reaction to the ending. Abruptly going to black and letting the sound of destruction grow in proximity was a wonderful choice. It has a
clever structure in that it shows a thriving family life and happy home with a beautiful light inside it that suddenly gets snuffed out and destroyed by political unrest. I have seen movies in this genre before - most based in west Africa - but this was a different perspective in Arab conflict. It was purely from an ordinary, loving family's point of view. I liked it.
2- It is so hard to really understand what it is like for the many people displaced from their homes due to violence/political unrest/war, which is why this film is so powerful. The threat of violence is a constant undertone in their lives yet, until the last possible moment, they are able to continue with their happy celebration. Each scene portrayed the day to day realities of life for this family in such vivid detail.
Director’s Statement:
The main idea of this film popped up in my mind when I saw the image of Alan (Syrian-Kurdish innocent children who was found lying face-down on a beach quietly).
I think that was very heartbreaking picture and will likely go down the annals of history as one of the most iconic symbol.
Although there is no direct connection between my film and Alan’s story, of course they are not irrelevant!
Watching Syrian and Kurdish refugees behind European borders, military confrontations and often bad behavior to those families, this basic question was born in my mind: Were they born homeless?!
In this film I tried to portray their hope and happiness before their dispersion to indicate all refugees in the Middle East had their own homes and their own dreams prior those wars. They all were thinking about their children’s happiness just before this situation.