Trust cinema During the 18th “Truth Cinema” festival, director, producer and screenwriter Ali Hamraev from Uzbekistan came to Iran. He, who was a guest and judge of this international event, has a memory of the famous Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky.
He writes exclusively for “Cinema Etemadam”: “This photo is a photo of Andrey Tarkovsky, my wife Gol Bustan and me from June 1976. Tarkovsky called me from Moscow to Tashkent and said he couldn’t find a place to show his movie “Stalker” that looked like the post-Atomic zone.
I said I know such a place.
Andrey flew to Tashkent, and we drove to Tajikistan in my car, arriving in the city of Sfra, where I had already shot parts of several of my films. Seeing the ancient Chinese mining area where no grass or trees grew, Tarkovsky decided to film there. But a month later, there was an earthquake in this place and the filming was done in another place. This image is a part of my cinematic memories and a special moment.”
Ali Hamraif was a member of the panel of judges of the feature documentaries section of the 18th Iranian International Documentary Film Festival “Cinema-Ghekrit” which ended on December 25.