By Shadi Elien, September 29, 2010
When Naghmeh Shirkhan set out to make her first feature film, The Neighbor , she chose to embark on a journey into her own past as a young immigrant from Iran.
Shirkhan spoke with the Georgia Straight on the phone from Toronto about why memories of her childhood were a vivid source of inspiration for the film.
“One of the reasons why I’m drawn to film is because it’s a visual medium, and my memories of my childhood from Iran are very much... Read the Rest →
Hamseyeh, First Films World Competition
by Elizabeth Johnston
31.08.2010
Women often bear the burden of childrearing and community-building while men absent themselves physically or emotionally. In Hamseyeh (The Neighbor), this universal phenomenon, and much more, is explored from the perspective of Iranian immigrants in Vancouver.
The film opens with grainy home movies of a woman wearing a hijab, walking dusty, empty streets, watering the garden, or pushing her way through gossamer sheers. It’s a low-budget aesthetic that suits the themes of dislocation and isolation explored so poignantly by first-time American... Read the Rest →
