Maryam Elhamian, one of the two directors of the documentary “Khalaj’s Family”, who was present at the 17th “Cinemavegetir” festival and won the best director award, in an interview with Online newsAbout his activities these days, he said: We did some visual research, but none of them were finalized to start a new work, it can be said that we are obsessed with selection. Also, if they suggest a good subject for construction, I might accept it.
He said about the program for the screening of the documentary “Khalaj Family”: The Art Experience Group has announced its readiness for the screening of this documentary film, and we have a positive opinion about it, but this issue is still in the initial discussion stage and the exact time of the screening is not known.
This documentary maker emphasized the impact of the documentary film screening in the cinema: the most important issue of any film or work of art is its connection with the audience, “Khalaj Family” tells about a hard-working family, and the cinema is the best place to communicate with the general audience such as families, even the special audience. He will appear in the cinema. Many people wanted to see the film during the 17th “Cinema-Ghekrit” festival, but they were not able to do so, and we have promised many people in different cities and places to screen the film. On the other hand, the art experience has an artistic space, which is a valuable issue, and many special audiences will watch the film in this space.
The director of “Tired City Hope” pointed out that after the film’s theatrical release, he is also thinking about its online release, and said: “Physics, space, magic, and the screen are the reasons why the director prefers the movie release to the online one, the pleasure that the audience gets.” Seeing a movie on the big screen, in a collective environment with a shared feeling, is much more than watching a work alone or even with the family in front of the monitor. On the other hand, we have put a lot of effort into our frames, and the visual pleasure of seeing it in a large cinema frame will be greater.
In another part of his speech, Elhamian discussed the fate of the Khalaj family: in the appeal court that was held after the film was made for this family, all votes were issued in favor of the Khalaj family and they succeeded. The next step is to pay their debt to the bank. It should be calculated and paid again to close their case, but the interesting thing is that the bank is still failing and not informing them of the amount of the debt.
In response to the question that there is a possibility of adding the fate of this family in the documentary, this documentary maker explained: We recorded the final part of this case in the appeals court and added it to the version screened at the Fajr Film Festival. We don’t have anything to add to the film, but personally and for my personal archive, I plan to follow the fate of this family and when they open their chicken farm, I will film it.
In the end, he clarified about the impact of the documentary “Khalaj Family” on the fate and final success of this family in the court: According to Mr. Haji Ghasemi, the other director of “Khalaj Family”, when we presented the documentary to the judiciary, from the documentary to skin and flesh and The bone turned. Media has power and cinema has magic, they were seen and their case was transformed from numbers and figures into a human situation with skin, flesh and bones.
“Khalaj Family” directed by Maryam Elhamian and Mustafa Haji Ghasemi is a production of the Center for the Development of Documentary, Experimental and Animated Cinema. This documentary, which was one of the most popular works of the 17th “Cinema-Ghekrit” festival, tells the story of the mother of a family’s efforts to solve the financial problem. The debt to the bank and the increase in the debt caused the closure of the poultry farm, but the mother is trying to put everything in order. With the production of the documentary “Khalaj Family” and the pursuit of Akram Khalaj, the main character of the documentary and the two directors, the court finally ruled in favor of the Khalaj family and the case ended happily.
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