Special Screening · 43rd Edition
LAND OF DREAMS
Director
Shirin NESHAT, Shoja AZARI
Country
United States, Germany, Qatar
Runtime
1 h 53 min
Language
English, Farsi
Synopsis
Simin is an Iranian immigrant who works for the United States Census Bureau which has begun a program to record citizens’ dreams. Simin’s personal obsession is to try to capture her interviewees’ dreams by photographing and later secretly impersonating them in Farsi, then publishing them on social media.
Cast
Sheila VAND, Matt DILLON, Isabella ROSSELLINI, Anna GUNN, William MOSELEY, Christopher MCDONALD
Screenplay
Jean-Claude Carrière, Shoja Azari
Producers
Amir HAMZ, Chistian SPRINGER, Fahri YARDIM, Sol TRYON, Shirin NESHAT
About the Director
Shirin Neshat Born in Qazvin, Iran in 1957. An Iranian artist and filmmaker living in New York. She won the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival (2009), for her first feature “Women Without Men.” Her second film “Looking for Oum Kulthum” (2017), was based on the life of the legendary Egyptian singer Oum Kulthum. Shoja Azari Born in Shiraz, Iran in 1957. A visual artist and filmmaker living in New York. Azari has been a long-time collaborator with visual artist Shirin Neshat. They co-directed “Women Without Men” (2009), which won the Silver Lion Award at the 66th Venice Film Festival.
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