Archive of films Dream's Gate / Darvazeye royaha
Iran / France / Norway
2023, 78 min
Section:
Another Birth. Iranian Cinema Here and Now
Year: 2023
Synopsis
“It feels as though my camera is filled with despair, just like me; it is filled with sorrow, just like me,” is the suggestive assertion from Negin Ahmadi, the young director and protagonist of this mesmeric debut. Negin leaves Tehran and sets out with her camera in order to follow the lives of an all-female militia group fighting in Syrian Kurdistan. It isn’t long before she starts to identify with these women soldiers since she discovers that the motives which led to the point where her filmmaking has placed her life in jeopardy also apply to the young combatants, who are similarly under threat of attack. Thus, for Negin, the filming process becomes a soul-searching diary that provocatively denounces the established cinematic narratives of war.
Lorenzo Esposito
About the director

Negin Ahmadi (1989, Iran). Selected filmography: Dream’s Gate (Darvazeye royaha, 2023).
Contacts
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About the film
Color, DCP
Section: | Another Birth. Iranian Cinema Here and Now |
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Director: | Negin Ahmadi |
Dir. of Photography: | Negin Ahmadi |
Music: | Hosein Mirzagholi |
Editor: | Loghman Sokhanvar |
Producer: | Elaheh Nobakht |
Production: | Eli Image |
Sales: | Visit Films |
Guests

Negin Ahmadi
Film Director

Elaheh Nobakht
Producer