JAII KEH KHODA NIST – WHERE GOD IS NOT
Mehran Tamadon | France, Switzerland 2023 | 112 min. | Farsi, French with English subtitles
MONDAY, 20.05. | 9pm
Kino De France, Saal 1 | TICKETS
Austrian Premiere
In presence of Mehran Tamadon
Wood is cut to size and markings are made on the wall. Iranian prison cells are recreated in an abandoned Parisian warehouse. In dialogue with the three former political prisoners Taghi, Homa and Mazyarrei, Director Mehran Tamadon reconstructs their experiences and invites them to share what they endured in prison. Painful memories of interrogations and psychological as well as physical torture are brought into the present where they become an emotional challenge.
In a diptych with MON PIRE ENNEMI, also on this year’s programme, JAII KEH KHODA NIST actively contributes to coming to terms with traumatic experiences and at the same time raises awareness for the current situation of regime critics in Iran
Director: Mehran Tamadon (he/him)
Cinematography: Patrick Tresch (he/him)
Editing: Mehran Tamadon / Luc Forveille (he/him)
Sound: Térence Meunier (he/him)
Production: L’atelier documentaire
SCREENINGS & AWARDS
WORLD PREMIERE @ BERLINALE – FORUM / CINÉMA DU RÉEL – FRANCE / SHEFFIELD DOC FEST – UNITED KINGDOM / COLOGNE IRANIAN FILM FESTIVAL – GERMANY / IDFA – BEST OF FESTS – THE NETHERLANDS / seminci valladolid international film festival – spain / ji.hlava INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL – CZECH REPUBLIC / Budapest International Documentary Festival – hungary / Festival au Cinéma pour les Droits Humains – France / FIFDH Switzerland
ECUMENICAL JURY PRIZE @ BERLINALE
BIOGRAPHY
Graduated as an architect, Mehran Tamadon directed Behesht Zahra, Mothers of Martyrs in 2004, then Bassidji in 2010, in which he attempted to dialogue with the defenders of the Iranian regime. He continued this approach with Iranian, where he convinced supporters of the regime to live in cohabitation with him. His new films, My Worst Enemy and Where God Is Not, presented at the Berlinale in 2023, deal with the violence of interrogation and detention in Iran.
