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MASHGHE' BAM
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| Lesson from Bam |
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Alireza Ghanie
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| Forty days have elapsed since the earthquake
in Bam- southeastern Iran ² an earthquake that killed over 68,000
people (unofficially) and destroyed the city and the ancient
mud-brick citadel of Bam. The children have finally gone back
to school in the old citadel but as most buildings have been
destroyed, class has been set up in the open air. The children
have written compositions about their own experience of the
earthquake and one by one are reading their composition out
to the class. But the young girl Fateme does not want to read
out her essayü . |
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Screenplay Alireza Ghanie
Photography (colour) Ebrahim Djawaheri
Editing Alireza Ghanie
ICast Azam Chardongi, Fatem Balaroodi, the children of the Old Citadel School of Bam
Production Alireza Ghanie - NurFilm
Year of production 2005
Running time 23'
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| Alireza Ghanie
Born in 1959 in Tehran, Alireza Ghanie moved to Austria when he was 14 years old. He received his masters degree in 1982 from the University of Music and Dramatic Art in Salzburg. He graduated in Computer Science in 1994. He worked extensively in theatre and opera and also as a freelance painter. Ghanie made a number of short films and wrote several screenplays. His debut feature film Windspiel (The Wind Game) (2002) has participated in a number of international film festivals. He received the "Europa Tolerance" award, sponsored by the European Parliament, for his short film Hand in Hand in 1994. He lives and works as a freelance artist in Salzburg.
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