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Butterfly in the wind
Synopsis:
Butterfly in the Wind is a story of the struggle of a woman who has just been released from the prison. She`s without refuge and oppressed by her husband. Her only hope is to find her daughter who is living with her traitor husband on Iran-Pakistan border. There is a difficult trip through desert waiting for her in order to find her beloved daughter. Only Amir, who is not sure even about himself whether he is a friend or an enemy, will not abandon her.
Festivals and Awards:
- International Film Festival AVANCA (Portugal / 2005)
Winner of the best Script Prize (Abbas Rafei)
Special mention (Abbas Rafei)
- Festival D’Amiens (France / 2004) Winner of the Best actress Prize (Shaghayegh Farahani)
- Umea Film Festival (Sweden / 2004) - Festival do Rio (Brazil / 2004) Oslo Films from the South Festival
- Film fra Sør (Norway / 2004) - Mannheim Heidelberg Film Festival (Germany / 2004)
- International Film Festival of India (India / 2004)
- Noir Film Festival (Italy / 2004)
- Tbilisi International Film Festival (Georgia / 2005)
- Newport Beach Film Festival (United States / 2005)
- Georgia State University Film Festival (United States / 2005)
- International Fajr Film Festival (Iran / 2004)
-Med Film Italy -Desert Night ItalyButterfly in the wind
Director and Scriptwriter:
Abbas Rafei
Director of Photography:
Mohammad Reza Sokout
Sound:
Mohammad Mokhtari
Sound and Mix:
Amir Hossein Gasemi
Editor:
Hossein Zand Baf
Music:
Fardin Khalatbari
Cast:
Shaghayegh Farahani, Fariborz Arabnia, Majid Moshiri
Producer:
Abbas Rafei -
Mina’s Secret
Synopsis:
Mina Promises her friend, Asieh, to get her to somewhere safe but she gets to the rendezvous very late so Asieh and Ali get killed by the Intelligece Agency but their daughter, Sahar, stays alive. now it’s just Mina, Sahar and a case full of information...Mina’s Secret
Director of photography:
Dariuosh Auari
Editor:
Hoseyn Zand Baf
Set & Costume Designer:
Negar Javedan
Music:
Hasan Zand Baf
Sound:
Reza Ardalan
Cast:
Laya Zanghane, Amir Sadeghiuan, Ayda Mohammadkhni, Dariuosh Rezvani
Producer:
Hoseyn Zand Baf, Abbas Rafei -
The sun shines on all equally
Synopsis:
Negar and Janet are close friends. Reza, Negar's husband and Janet's former lover, is a chemically-injured war victim, with his recovery a total disappointment to his doctors. Deceiving the hospital manager, a friend of Negar's influential father, they succeed in getting Reza out of the hospital and taking him to a shrine in another city, hoping for a miracle. But, in driving the long, beautiful roadway, they find miracles all around, leading them at the end to a greater miracle for the Muslim couple and unexpected enlightenment for Janet, a Christian.
Festivals:
- Religion Today Film Festival. October 6-20, 2007, Italy (Winner of “In the spirit of the faith” and “Women and Religion” Awards by the Town Council of Arco)
- Listapad International Film Festival, Belarus, November 17-24, 2007
- 1st "Noah Ark" Film Festival, June 14-20, 2008, Chechnya, Russia (Winner of the Best Actress Award - Merila Zarei)
-Religious Film Festival, Sao Paulo 2008, Brazil
-Golden Minbar "Muslim Cinema" Film Festival, Kazan, Tatarstan, September 6-12, 2007, Russia
- International Images Film Festival for Women (IIFF), Zimbabwe, 2010
- 31st Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), 2007
- Mostra Internacional de Cinema e Religião, 2008, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Film and Faith Communication Foundation for Asia, January 2009, Manila
- Jakarta International Film Festival (2009)
- Iranian cultural week, 2008, Zagreb, CroatiaThe sun shines on all equally
Writer & Director:
Abbas Rafei
Director of Photography:
Hassan Karimi
Editor:
Mohammad Reza Moeeni
Music:
Karen Homayounfar
Sound:
Behrouz Moavenian
Cast:
Merila Zarei, Laleh Eskandari, Ahmad Mehranfar, Siamak Ehsaei
Producer:
Abbas Rafei -
Rebirth
Synopsis:
Zoheir, a young sailor working on a cargo ship heading to South Africa, finds out that his pregnant wife is missing during the war in Lebanon. He travels back to his homeland using different ships and boats. However, after the bombings, in order to save the newly born babies, his wife and a nurse have taken them out of the region in an ambulance. Now these two are searching to find each other in a war-ridden area; a search leading to the rebirth of love through the ashes and the dust... Director s View: Rebirth could be taking place in any other country. It’s not merely for Lebanese people, since it is possible to observe the rebirths of love and one generation everywhere. Rebirth is a tale of a common suffering in Lebanon, Iran, Europe and elsewhere…Rebirth
Director and Producer
Abbas Rafei
Executive Producer:
Zohreh Bozorgzadegan
Written by:
Mehdi Sajjadehchi
Director of Photography:
Masoud Korani
Editor:
Kaveh Imani
Costume & Production Designer:
Abbas Haji-Darvish
Music:
Hamid Reza Yaraghchian
Sound-recorder:
Behrouz Moavenian
Sound Mix:
Behrouz Moavenian, Mansoureh Shahbazi
Make-up:
Mohamad Reza Ghomi
Special Effects:
Asghar Pour- Hajarian
Cast:
Tala Jardi, Ali Tahan, Darin Hamzeh, Paul Soleiman, Edward Hashem, Mona Krim, Qasi Khuli, Maxim Khalil, Lila Atrash, Kindi Aloush -
Granaz
Synopsis:
On the way to the school, Milad sees an old lady wandering around looking for her son. Her name is Granaz and she has somehow lost as she is only able to speak her local language and no one can help her. Milad, though late for school, decides to help her get to her son’s house…
Festivals:
- Auburn International Children and young adults Film Festival, Sydney, Australia, 2009
- "Nueva Mirada" Children Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2009
- 'Third Eye" Asian Film Festival, India, 2010
- 40th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), 2009, Panaji, Goa
- 16th International Children's Film Festival, India, 2009
- 13th Zimbabwe International Film Festival (ZIFF)
- 10th Iranian Film Festival, 2010, Belgrade, SerbiaGranaz
Director:
Abbas Rafei
Screenwriter:
Gholamreza Ramezani, Mohsen Sadghi
Camera:
Alireza Amir-Mohammadi
Editor:
Shoka Zandbaf
Set & Costume Designer:
Mohamad Reza, Mirza Mohamadi
Music:
Afshin Azizi
Sound:
Shahram Motevalli-Bashi
Cast:
Danial Norvash, Matin Heydarnia, Safa Malakdal, Ghorban Najafi, Mehrdad Ziaee, Shahrzad Javhari, Farid Ghobadi
Producer
Abbas Rafei -
Strangers
Synopsis:
An old man suffering from insomnia who has kept silence for many years begins to talk after the arrival of a kind nurse and recounts memories of his remote past...Strangers
Director:
Abbas Rafei
Written by:
Mehdi Sajjadehchi
Director of Photography
Reza Azarshahab
Editor:
Hassan Ayoubi
Costume & Production Designer:
Movafagh Elsid
Editor:
Hassan Ayoubi
Music:
Sattar Oraki
Sound-recorder:
Abbas Rastegarpour
Sound Mix:
Hossien Mahdavi
Make-up:
Farid Kashan
Production Manager:
Ashraf Ghibour
Cast
Qasi Khuli, Maxim Khalil, Lila Atrash, Kindi Aloush, Paul Soleiman -
The Path Taken
Synopsis:
The representative delegation of the France’s Avignon Festival travels to Iran to see a traditional cultural play called „Ta’ziyeh“ which is presented only in Iran, in order to prepare a documentary film about the preparatory stages. On the third day of preparations, the hero of the play gets lost. The participants in the play are thinking about traveling to Europe to search for another actor for that part, but find nobody because the actor must have certain specific characteristics, which makes the choice extremely difficult. The producers of the play set out a journey in search for the hero in order for his presence at the festival and participation in the performance of Ta’ziyeh not to failThe Path Taken
Director:
Abbas Rafei
Director and Producer:
Abbas Rafei
Scriptwriter:
Farhad Tohidi
Director of Photography:
Hamid Roozbehani
Sound and Mix:
Behrouz Moavenian
Music:
Fardin khalatbari
Art Director:
Negar Javdan
Executive Producer:
Zohreh Bozorgzadegan
Production Manager: Mostafa Masjedi
Cast:
Pejman Bazeghi, Siavash Tahmoores, Shaghayegh Farahani, Farrokh Nemati -
Elixir and dust
Synopsis:
1979....Iran is on the verge of civil revolution. The airport is closed and all international fights are cancelled. There are so many people trying to leave Iran with the last flight: a wounded protester with his wife, a young man longing to go to France to search for his fiancée, a nomad - an old man carrying top secret documents for the revolutionaries abroad, a young clergyman, and son of a newly released politics seeking to start a new comfort life. In this cross-cutting narrative, destiny intertwines lives of these six characters...Elixir and dust
Director: Abbas Rafei
Producer: Abbas Rafei
Screenwriter: Abbas Rafei, Bahram Sahihi
Sound Recorder: Abbas Rastegarpour
Sound Mixer: Abbas Rastegarpour, Fahimeh Shajaie
Set & Costume Designer: Asghar Nezhad Imani
Make up: Mohammad Reza Qawmi
Special effects: Asghar Pourhajarian
Cinematography: Mohammad Aladpoush
Editor: Nazanin Mofakham
Music: Peyman Yazdanian Production
Manager: Morteza Motavalli
Cast: Hossein Yari, Parivash Nazariyeh, Amir Aqaie, Azita Hajian, Siavashs Tahmoures, Humed Behdad -
The Meeting
Synopsis:
“the Meeting” is film by three different directors from three different generations : the first one is well experienced and one of the oldest in his career. the second one is middle aged and still getting experiences. The last one is doing his debut feature. They are looking at death with their own ideas in a country with variety of points of view about it.The Meeting
Directors:
Shapour Gharib
Abbas Rafei
Hadi Moghadam-doost
Wrters:
Abbas Rafei
Mahmoud Khodakarim
Hadi Moghadam-doost
Editor:
Nazanin Mofakham
Music
Mani Monadi-zadeh
Director of Photography:
Hassan Karimi
Sound:
Shahram Motevalibashi
Cast:Setareh EskandariRamin Rastad,Rabe’e Oskouyi,Ahmad Mehranfar,Mehdi Faghih,Jamal Khalili,Siavash Ghasemi -
The Freeway
Synopsis:
When an ex-lover pours acid on a clergyman and his fiance, the clergyman and his brother-in-law murder the man in an incident. and it leads to an unexpected adventure which even involves a love triangle and the only way out of this situation, the freeway, goes against the way of his surrounding and his religion.
Director’s View :
“to put a man in a situation to be forced to choose between love and faith in today’s Iran was a real challenge, but this man being involved in a murder was enough of a challenge to persuaded me to make this movie.”The Freeway
Screenplay :
Alireza Mahmoudi Iranmehr
Music : Afshin Azizi
Edit : Abbas Rafei
Sound : Abbas Rastegarpour
Director of Photography :
Amir Karimi
Executive Producer :
Masoud Daliri
Producer and Director :
Abbas Rafei Cast:Mahdi Pakdel Behnoush Tabatabaei Hooman Seyedi Habib Esmaili Ramin Rastad Tina Akhondtabar