Films by Farzad Pak

Germany 2024, 82 min
by Farahnaz Sharifi

Farah, an Iranian woman is forced to migrate to her private planet to be free. She buys other people's memories in form of super 8mm films and records and archives her own, to create an alternative history of Iran. Best Director – Astra FF Jury statement: This film conveys the disruptive power of visual image, layering different forms of footage to tell the story of liberation. This filmmaker uses their personal journey to chart the tumultuous realities of their nation – both the harm that exists and the joy of an optimistic future, while also keeping the central role of women at its core. We, the jury, are very excited to award Farahnaz Sharifi for her film My Stolen Planet, the best director of the New Voices Competition.

Iran, Germany, Czech Republic 2023, 21 min
by Mohammad Valizadegan

With rhythmic fluidity, Saba’s body moves to the music. Dancing is what she lives for, how she expresses herself – yet she is not free to do so in her own country. In a film dancing the line between documentary and fiction, a moving portrait emerges of a generation of young Iranians hemmed in by the Islamic republic’s rigid rules. When Saba rebels in a poetic act of defiance, the boundaries between fiction and reality finally dissolve. [73 BERLINALE]