KEJAL by Nima YAR
Line Up 2018
Original Title: KEJAL
Type: Drama Fiction l Thriller l Social l Women Issue l War
Running Time: 78min
Film Gauge: Digital
Shooting Format: HD
Camera: Cannon 5D
Film Ratio: 16.9
Resolution :1920-1080
Screening format: DCP, Blu-Ray
Sound: 5.1
Ratio: 48000
Year: 2018
Cast
Actor 1: Samira Zoka’ee as . . Kejal
Actor 2: Maryam Boobani as Kajal’s Mother
Actor 3: Nastaran Mohammadi as Rojin
Actor 4: Mohsen Mohammadnezhad as Sirvan
Actor 5: Asad Reza’ee as kak Soleyman
Actor 6: Naseh Hoseinzadeh as lal (Uncle) Naseh
Actor 7: Hasan Hoseinzadeh as lal (Uncle) Hasan
Actor 8: Ashkan Hoseinzadeh as . Ashkan (Kajal’s brother)
Crew
Director: Nima Yar (Salehiyar)
Writer: Armin Isariyan
Visual Effects Designer: Ali Tasdiqi
Production Managers:Mehdi Khalili, Iman Yazdi
Sound Recordist: Mohammad Shahverdi
Sound Designing and Synchronising: Arash Qasemi
Set and Costume Designer: Ja’far Mohamadshahi
Makeup Designer: Hashem Faghani
Music: Omid Re’isdana
Editor: Cewna DourandiSean (Ali Doorandishan)
Directors of Photography: Amir Aliveisi, Afshin Alizadeh
Producer: Javad Noroozbeigi
Kajal is one of the strongest female characters that is featured in the cinema these days.Woman with tenacious and femininity inspired from the mountains that she has grown up there, who can take any of us to the front of the mirror to remember ourselves : I can do it !
Kejal is a university student who begins smuggling goods on her back with all her might on Iran and Iraq border to look after her mother and brother.
Director’s Motivation: The pain I saw in Kurdistan is common among all people in the world. The people who carry their life on their back on the cold mountains amid bullets and mines while they struggle to make a living. I made Kejal to depict that pain. I killed Kejal with the actors who were their true self, the girl I am myself, if I was a woman and lived in such a challenge.
Director’s Statement: Kejal pictures the power of one’s belief, strength, story that show there is always a solution and hope in any aspect of our life Many humans do not want to be into politics, therefore, many policies are not humane.
Nima YAR
Biography
Nima Yar (Salehiyar), born in Tehran, Iran on 18 December 1984
Education: Software BS, 2007
Director, actor, photographer, and designer
Beginning of art career with designing sculptures, painting, and social photography – 2000 till now
Beginning of acting under supervision of Master Hamid Samandarian – 2001
Directing course, Youth Cinema Society (Javaneh) – 2008
Acting course in Improv Solution Institute – 2007
Improvisation in Improv Solution Institute – 2007
Performance creativity course in Improv Solution Institute – 2008
Acting in theatre – 2001-2008
Playing in a few television series and serials – 2002-2006
Production of short independent and documentary films – 2004-2011
First feature film: Kejal
Director’s Filmography:
- SHORT FILM:
These Days – 2004
First from the end- 2008
- Documentary:
Greetings to Playing – 2007
Awards
Javad Norooz-Beigi
Biography
Javad Norooz Beigi is an Iranian producer who was born in 1966. He studied Management and his professional involvement in the film industry started in 1993. Javad Norooz Beigi is the creator of the Qabe Aseman Art & Culture Production Institute, an institute that deals with the production of films and TV shows.
Awards
- 22nd edition of Black Nights Film Festival from 16th of November to 2nd of December 2018 in Estonian cities of Tallinn and Tartu.
- WINNER of NETPAC AWARD 22nd edition of Black Nights Film Festival
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