Production Date : 1999
Director : Marzieh Meshkini
Producer : Masoud Jafari Jozani
This film is episodic and it consists of 3 stories about the women’s situation in Iran.
First story: Hava
One morning a small girl named Hava wakes up and notices that she has become a woman because she is now 9 years old and playing in the streets with the boys is considered a sin from that day on. Hava cries and asks her grandmother to go to the street for one last goodbye with the boys.
Second story: Ahoo
This episode is about a young lady whom participates in the women’s bicycle race with her black traditional chador (veil) and her husband, while riding a horse, threatens to divorce her if she doesn’t get off the bicycle.
Third story: Houra
This episode is about an old woman whom has inherited some money during the last years of her life after years of poverty and now she has decided to spend all the money before she dies and to buy all the stuff that she always wished to buy during her life.
Director: Marziyeh Meshkiny
Production: Makhmalbaf Film House
Scriptwriter: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cast:
Fatemeh cheragh Akhar : Hava
Shabnam Toloui : Woman in second Episode
Azizeh Sedighi : Old woman in third Episode
Director of photography: Ebrahim Ghafouri
& Mohammad Ahmadi
Sound: Behrouz Shahamat
Music: Mohammad Reza Darvishi
Assistant Director: Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
Script Supervisor : Hana Makhmalbaf
Still photographer: Maysam Makhmalbaf, Hana Makhmalbaf
Post production sound engineering: Hossein Mahdavi
Editors: Shahrzad Poya, Maysam Makhmalbaf
Set Designer: Akbar Meshkini
78 Mins, 35 mm, Color, Iran, 2000.
Festivals:
Venice International Film Festival, Italy 2000
Toronto International Film Festival, Canada 2000
Chicago International Film Festival, USA 2000
Festival International Cinema Nouveaux Medias Montreal, Canada 2000
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada 2000
Pusan International Film Festival, Korea 2000
Films from the south International Film Festival, Norway 2000
Sao Paolo International Film Festival, Brazil 2000
London Film Festival, UK 2000
Festival des Trois Continents (Nantes), France 2000
Boston Contemporary Art Museum, USA 2000
Tessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece 2000
Tokyo FILMeX International Film Festival, Japan 2000
Taipei International Film Festival, Taiwan 2000
Gothenburg International Film Festival, Sweden 2001
Palm Spring International Film Festival, USA 2001
Heuston Contemporary Art Museum, Italy 2001
Novo Cinema International Film Festival, Belgium, 2001
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong 2001
New York International Film Festival, USA 2001
Night International Film Festival, Denmark 2001
Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore 2001
Women International Film Festival, South Korea 2001
The Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente, Argantina 2001
Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey 2001
Barbican International Film Festival, UK 2001
Moscow International Film Festival, Russia 2001
Sydney International Film Festival, Australia 2001
Innsbruck International Film Festival, Austria 2001
New Zealand International Film Festival, New Zealand 2001
Galway International Film Festival, United Kingdom 2001
Tbilisi International Film Festival, Georgia 2001
Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt 2001
Sarajevo International Film Festival, Bosnia 2001
Bergen International Film Festival, Norway 2001
Bangkok International Film Festival, Tailand 2001
Mumbai International Film Festival, India 2001
Bratislava International Film Festival, Slovakia 2001
Belgrade International Film Festival, Yugoslavia 2002
Skopje International Film Festival, Macedonia 2002
Kerala International Film Festival, India 2002
bologena International Film Festival, Italy 2002
Tubingen International Film Festival, Germany 2002
Women International Film Festival, France 2008
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong 2014
International Awards:
Prize to the best first feature film assigned by the young jury of CINEMAVENIRE from 15th.International week of film critics, Venice. Italy .2000
Prize ISVEMA of 100,000,000 Italian lira of commercial promotion on the private televisions associated with Isvema itself, assigned by the jury of the national Syndicate of Italian Film Critics, for its: "poetical representation of woman condition in nowadays Iranian society" from 15th.International week of film critics, Venice. Italy.2000
Prize CICT-UNESCO of the International Council of Cinema and Television within UNESCO has awarded its prize for the following motivation: "for its honesty and for the quality of vision on the woman condition in Iran" from 15th.International week of film critics, Venice. Italy .2000
The Volkswagen Discovery Award from Toronto International Film Festival. Canada. 2000
The gold plaque for Best First Film from Chicago International Film Festival .USA. 2000
The Best Asian Film from Pusan International Film Festival.Korea.2000
The Prize of the International Film Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) from Films from the south Festival. Norway.2000
Special Jury award from Festival des Trois Continents (Nantes) France, 2000.
Special young Jury award from Festival des Trois Continents (Nantes) France, 2000
Golden Plaque of ville De Nantes from Festival des Trois Continents (Nantes) France, 2000
Best Director Award from Thesaloniki International Film Festival, Greece. 2000.
First prize from Novo Cinema International Film Festival, Belgium, 2001
Cine Tirol Verleiher Preis from Innsbruck International film festival, Austria, 2001.