Out of Competition

MOTHER / COUNTRY



Country of production: UK
Year: 2003
Language: English, Persian
Mins: 24

Director: Tina Gharavi
Editing: Anna Ksiezopolska
Music: Paul Chilver
Producer: Tina Gharavi
Production company: Bridge + Tunnel Productions
Source: Tina Gharavi
Bridge + Tunnel Productions
10 Pilgrim St.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE1 6QG
ENGLAND (UK)
Phone: +44 191 261 2898
info@bridgeandtunnelproductions.com
www.bridgeandtunnelproductions.com

As a little girl, Tina Gharavi was sent out of her native Iran. Now, some twenty years later, she goes back to meet her mother face to face, and to address the situation from up close.
They have a lot to talk about, of course. There are so many family and personal stories to tell, and many pleasantries to go through. However, there are also some tough questions: Was Tina sent away because of political and economic difficulties in post-Revolutionary Iran? Or did her mother see Tina as weighty baggage better to be rid of? Through extensive conversations - as well as dramatic reenactments - the truth takes shape.

Meanwhile, Tina has some other news for her mother, relating to Tina's own sexual identity. How will her mother handle that weighty issue?

Tina Gharavi is an award-winning screenwriter and director, who was born in Iran, educated in the U.S. and France, and currently resides in Northern England. Her work has screened at festivals including Sundance and the International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam.

filmography as director
MOTHER / COUNTRY (2003)
CLOSER (2000)

Saturday 10-Apr-2004 7:00 PM Gallery Theatre
Screening with TRIP TO PARADISE