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Border Café (Café Transit) By Kambozia Partovi |
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Documents to Download Download Flyer in pdf Format Kambozia Partovi Iranian writer-director, is also the screenplay writer of “THE CIRCLE” Golden Lion/ Venice 2000 and “WHITE BALOON” Camera d’Or / Cannes 1995. He is also the director of “FISH” First Prize, Children Section, Berlin 1990. With support from Fonds Sud Cinema, Ministry of Culture and Communication-CNC, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Global Film Initiative Synopsis Reihan, an Iranian widow and mother of two young children, reopens the roadhouse formerly run by her husband, but since running such a business is taboo for women, she encounters much resistance, particularly from her conservative brother-in-law, Naser, whose only aim is to marry Reihan despite already having one wife. Reihan refuses this marriage proposal since she would only marry for love and not tradition nor convenience, and so Naser seeks ways to close the roadhouse in an effort to make Reihan dependent on him. An amorous Greek trucker named Zakariyo provides our heroine with a possible exit from this difficult situation, but ultimately the fate of Reihan and her roadhouse, which has become quite successful under her management, is decided by a local court, and the verdict leaves Reihan pondering her place in the world. Credits Written and directed by Kambozia Partovi Art Director: Farhad Farsi Editor: Jafar Panahi, Jacques Witta Festivals - Fajr IFF (Iran) 2005, Best actress & Best screenplay - Toronto IFF (Canada) 2005 / Contemporary World Cinema - Chicago IFF (USA) 2005 / Competition One of the top ten (3rd rank) Audience Choice Favorites - Rio de Janeiro IFF (Brazil), 2005 - Reykjavik IFF (Iceland) 2005 - Asian Indepedant IFF, Seoul (Korea) 2005 - Festival Cinema Tout Ecran, Geneva (Switzerland) 2005 - Festival des 3 continents, Nantes (France) 2005 / Competition - Göteborg IFF (Sweden) 2006 - Mar del Plata (Argentina) 2006 / competition - Dhaka IFF (Bangladesh) / competition - London Turkish FF (UK), 2006 - Sofia IFF, Bulgaria, 2006 / World Screen Section - FIFET, Paris, France, 2006 - Open Doek (Belgium) 2006 - B-EST IFF, Bucarest (Romania) 2006 - Istanbul IFF, Turkey, 2006/ competition Awards - Best Screenplay & Best Actress, Fajr FF - FIPRESCI Prize of the Itnl Critics at Dhaka Itnl FF Bangladesh -Special Mention and Best Film by Argentine Film Journalist Association/Mar del Plata Festival - Behind-the-scenes-Award, Open Doek FF - Audience Award, XXVII Mostra de Valencia, Spain |