Under the Skin of the City
Under the Skin of the City
Color, 35mm, 95min, 2000, Iran

Synopsis

This is a film about the life of a woman. Tuba, who works in a weaving factory, is carrying the burden of her husband and four children on her shoulder and trying to make a better life for her children, what she couldn’t have so far. Her eldest son, Abbas, is so worried about the mother and is searching for a better work, hopeful for a better condition for the family. But he makes the family’s condition worse, and puts everyone in trouble…

Under the Skin of the City

Cast & Crew

  • Director :Rakhshan Banietemad
  • Screenwriter :R. Banietemad, & Farid Mostafavi
  • Director of Photography :Hossein Jafarian
  • Production Designer :Omid Mohit
  • Editor :Mostafa Khergheh- Poush
  • Sound :Asghar Shahverdi
  • Producers :R.Banietemad, Jahangir Kosari
  • Cast :Golab Adineh, Mohammad-Reza Forutan, Baran Kosari
Under the Skin of the City
Under the Skin of the City
Under the Skin of the City
Under the Skin of the City
Under the Skin of the City

Festivals

  1. Moscow Int’l Film Festival (2001/ Russia) - Winner of the Grand Jury Prize
  2. Karlovy Vray Film Festival, (2001/ Czech Republic) - Netpac Award
  3. Montreal World Film Festival (2001/ Canada)
  4. Toronto Film Festival (2001/ Canada)
  5. Film From the South Festival (2001/ Denmark)
  6. Fukuoka Int’l Film Festival (2001/Japan)
  7. Vancouver Int’l Film Festival (2001/ Canada)
  8. Mill Valley Film Festival (2001/ USA)
  9. Boston Museum of Fine Arts (2001/ USA)
  10. The Film Center of Chicago (2001/ USA)
  11. Films From the South (2001/ Norway)
  12. Slovenian National Cinematheque (2001/ Slovenia)
  13. Viennale Int’l Film Festival (2001/ Austria)
  14. Tokyo Int‘l Film Festival (2001/ Japan)
  15. London Film Festival (2001/ England)
  16. Thessaloniki Int’l Film Festival (2001/ Greece)
  17. Calcutta Film Festival (2001/ India)
  18. Torino Film Festival (2001/ Italy) Holden Award for Best Script, Audience Award, & Cinemavvenire Award for Best Feature Film
  19. Black Nights Film Festival (2001/ Estonia)
  20. Goteborg Film Festival (2001/ Sweden)
  21. Festival of Iranian Films in UCLA Film and TV Archive (2001/ USA)
  22. Sundance Film Festival (2001/ USA)
  23. Palm Spring Film Festival (2001/ USA)
  24. Festival of Iranian Films in Rice Unievrsity & Media Center (2001/ USA)
  25. Seattle Int’l Film Festival (Women in Cinema) (2002/USA) - Special Jury Award
  26. Rotterdam Film Festival (2001/ the Netherlands)
  27. Portland Film Festival (2001/ USA)
  28. Cleveland Film Festival (2002/ USA)
  29. Rennes Int’l Film Festival (2002/ France)
  30. Festival of Iranian Films in Asia Society and Museum (2002/ USA)
  31. Festival of Iranian Films in California Institute of the Arts (2002/ USA)
  32. The Danish Film Institute/ Cinematheque (2002/ Denmark)
  33. Screening at the Harvard University (23-26 April 2010/ USA)
  34. Das Iranische Wien (2014/Austria)
  35. Crime & Punishment Film Festival (30 Sept. – 6 Oct. 2016 / Turkey)
  36. Basel University (Dec. 2017/ Switzerland)
  37. Cinema l’Atalante (May 2024/Bayonne-France)
  38. Showroom work station (Feb. 2024/Sheffield-England)

Photos

Rakhshan Banietemad

DIRECTOR’S Statement