Amir (2018)
Iranian writer-director Nima Eghlima's first feature
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Karlovy Vary IFF 2018 :: Section: East of the West - Competition

Amir is a film about contemporary Iran, about a generation whose private lives are determined more by the rules of society than by their own will.

We meet 30-something Amir at a point in his life where he has become the epicentre of other people’s problems. His friend’s ex-wife has gone missing, having threatened to leave the country with the couple’s son; his grown-up sister is desperate to leave home despite their parents’ fierce efforts to keep the family together. It isn’t clear whether Amir intends to help all of them, but no-one’s asking him to…

Nima Eghlima’s feature debut is a film about a contemporary Iranian generation that is subject to so many rules there’s no room for free will. Using resourceful image-framing and precision camerawork he articulates issues that are still taboo, but that doesn’t make them any less pressing. -- Anna Purkrábková



Director's Statement

Man has always lived with his hopes and fears, all of which have given meaning to his society and life, meanings that make him continue living as a child to form his social motivations in the society.

Hopes that turn into failures in adulthood and get replaced with controlled fears and then this awareness makes him passive against all challenges he faces in life.

Amir belongs to the same group who tries to use his awareness to act and behave beyond wrong and right when everyone around turn into mannequins.

Biography

Nima Eghlima was born in 1982 in the North of Iran, Golestan Province. He studied editing and dramatic literature to Master degree level. He directed the short films RIMA, VOICE OF THE FOOT, ROOT and PASSENGER. He was the cinematographer for the short film BEING A WOMAN. His most recent film AMIR will screen at Karlovy Vary IFF 2018.

Cast: Milad Keymaram, Sahar Dolatshahi, Seyd Mostafa Ghadiri, Behdokt Valian