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…
Director Rakhshan Banietemad
Screenwriter R. Banietemad, & Farid Mostafavi
Director of Photography Hossein Jafarian
Production Designer Omid Mohit
Sound Asghar Shahverdi
Editor Mostafa Khergheh- Poush
Producers R. Banietemad, Jahangir Kosari
Production Companies Rabison Art, Noori Pictures
Cast Golab Adineh, Mohammad-Reza Forutan, Baran Kosari
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)
- 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)
