SHOOT ME

by Narges Kalhor, Benedikt Schwarzer
  • Narges Kalhor, Benedikt Schwarzer
  • HFF-Munich
  • (c) 2013

    Synopsis

    The Iranian filmmaker Narges Kalhor, daughter of a former advisor of Ahmadinejad's, is living in exile in Germany for four years. When she hears about the fellow Iranian rapper Shahin Najafi, who is living himself in exile in Germany, faces death threats and has to hide because of one of his songs, she doesn't hesitate and has to find him. On her search she encounters fear everywhere. Narges Kalhor herself has to face her inconvenient memories of suppression, hatred and anger of the past in Iran.

    Festivals

    Munich; DukaFest Banja Luka; IFF Cameraimage Bydgoszcz; Human Screen Festival Tunis