When Ramin hid on a cargo ship leaving Turkey, he never expected to end up in Veracruz, Mexico by accident. Having escaped persecution as a young gay man in his home country of Iran, he suddenly finds himself far from everything he knows, living the life of an exile in this nostalgic, tropical port where his past and future are constantly confronted by new relationships and revivified desires.
Tehran-born, Mexico City-based writer/director Bani Khoshnoudi's second feature fiction was influenced by a real-life story of a man transported across the world on a container ship and left disoriented in a strange new land, as well as the current massive exodus of Iranian youth to Europe and the Americas due to the marginalization of groups (like LGBTQ) and ongoing political repression.
Director Biography
Born in Tehran, Bani Khoshnoudi is a filmmaker and artist working in documentary, fiction, as well as with sound and video installation. Her work explores questions related to revolution and modernity and its impact on memory, exile and migration. She was studio artist at the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program. Her films have played in festivals, galleries and alternative spaces around the world. Since 2009, Bani lives in Mexico City.
Sponsors
Supporters
Kia Bazargan
Hamid Mohtadi
Amir Radmehr
Ioanna Apostolidou
Jeremy Iggers
MSP IRANIAN FILM FESTIVAL
MSP Film Society presents the second annual MSP Iranian Film Festival August 15-18, 2019 at the Film Society’s Screen 3 at St. Anthony Main Theatre. The Festival showcases acclaimed and award-winning new Iranian cinema, and presents a variety of themes, genres, and perspectives of contemporary Iran.
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