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Sudabeh Mortezai

Austria

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Director's Biography

Born to Iranian parents in Ludwigsburg, Germany, in 1968, Sudabeh Mortezai grew up in Tehran and Vienna, and completed studies in theatre and film in Vienna and Los Angeles. Her feature-length directorial debut, Macondo (2014), had its premiere in the Competition at the Berlin International Film Festival. Joy (2018), her second feature, premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and received numerous prizes, including the Best Film Award at the London Film Festival and the Étoile d'Or at the Marrakech International Film Festival

2023
97
English, Albanian, German
No
Fiction
Screenings :
Satur 25 / 18h30 / Cinéma Le Colisée
Wednes 29 / 21h15 / Palais des Congrès Salle des Ambassadeurs
Satur 25 / 18h30 / Cinéma Le Colisée
Wednes 29 / 21h15 / Palais des Congrès Salle des Ambassadeurs

Beate is an ambitious executive working at Europa, a mysterious corporation looking to expand into the Balkans. While seeming to promote philanthropy and investment in underdeveloped regions, Europa actually needs to buy up land from locals in a remote valley in Albania, using Beate as the main negotiator in this ambiguous mission. But, things don’t go as planned when she is challenged by Jetnor, a stubborn and spiritual farmer who refuses to leave the land of his ancestors.

Director Sudabeh Mortezai
Producer Mehrdad Mortezai, Sudabeh Mortezai
Screenwriter Sudabeh Mortezai
Cinematographer Klemens Hufnagl
Production Designer Julia Libiseller
Editor Julia Drack
Sound Atanas Tcholakov
Colour Colour
Lilith Stangenberg, Jetnor Gorezi, Steljona Kadillari, Mirando Sylari, Tobias Winter

Production Company Fratella Filmproduktion
International Sales Company Memento International

Pays

Austria

année

2023

durée

97

langue

English, Albanian, German