21º Mostra Internacional de Cinema Competition New Filmakers
PAPER AIRPLANES

Iran   

Paper AirplanesAn employee of the Ministry of Culture has as a mission to travel to the most isolated cities in the country with his mobile cinema, showing films. One day, he decides to take his son with him. They arrive at a small rural village where they are received - the children help them to set up screen and projector.

Meanwhile, a local girl prays that she may marry her young lover and not the old man to whom she has been promised to. At night, all of the population of the city flocks to the film show. The residents are ecstatic for, after all, they had never seen a film before.

They are so fascinated by the magic of the cinema that they do not allow the show to be canceled owing to rain. On the next day, a wedding party goes through the small city: the girl, with her young fiancé, fulfills her dream. At the same time, father and son leave the site promising the children they will return one day. This film was winner of the Special Prize of the Jury for First and Second Film with Special Mention for Best Actor at the Teheran Festival.

    Director

DIRECTOR: Farhad Mehranfar
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Morteza Poursamadi
EDITION: Farhad Mehranfar
MUSIC: Naser Shokraie
CAST: Hashem Hakemzadeh, Reza Hakemzadeh, Asgahr Kohan, Anios Shakouri
PRODUCER: Mohammad Reza Sarhangi
FESTIVALS: Teerã
WORLD SALES: Cine Media International
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ORIGINAL TITLE:

Moosshak-e Kahghazi

   Col., 90 min

Farhad Mehranfar

Born in 1959 in Bandar Anzali to the north of Iran. Graduated from the College of Art and has an extensive list of short films on his curriculum, amongst which some of those awarded prizes in festivals in their country of origin and of the Oberhausen International Short Film. Paper Airplanes is his first feature.