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15th DMZ Docs(2023)

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Mast-del

Maryam TAFAKORY

  • Iran, UK
  • 2023
  • 17min
  • 15 +
  • DCP
  • color

Asian premiere

Synopsis

Two women lie together in bed. As the wind bashes against the window, one recalls a past date to the cinema. The narrated scene cannot be conveyed through images. Layers of found and original footage are superimposed to fill in some of the cracks, the deletions, the limits of representation. A love song that would never pass through the censors, Mast-del is about forbidden bodies and desires, both inside and outside post-revolution Iranian cinema. 

Review

 Mast-del is an experimental hybrid work about the reality of Iran, where women are not allowed to express their identity. The film records the voice of a woman who recalls a date with her lover in the post-Iranian revolution period when images hinting at sexual contact are censored. The voice speaks about the censoring of contact between bodies based on the contrast of image and sound. The image¡¯s texture and color strengthen the unrealistic impression and show the clashes between forbidden desire, memory, revolution, and film. As a feminist fighting against forced discipline, Maryam Tafakory shows her talented skills in the collage of poems, documentaries, and archive footage.     

Director

  • Maryam TAFAKORY

    Maryam Tafakory, born in Shiraz, Iran, works with film and performance. Screenings of her work include MoMA, Locarno IFF, IFFR and ICA, amongst others. Her works won awards such as the Best Experimental Short at 70th Melbourne International Film Festival, Gold Hugo Award at 58th Chicago International Festival, Tiger Short Award at 51st IFFR Rotterdam and Barbara Hammer Feminist Award at 60th AAFF.

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