Scene from the film Karun – The Longest River of Iran

Audience award: 28. Ji.hlava IDFF // Short Joy

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Karun – The Longest River of Iran

Direction
Year 
2024
Country
  • Switzerland
  • Finland
  • Iran
Runtime
19min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

On September 22, 1998, the Iranian poet Hamid Hajizadeh and his nine-year-old son Karun, whose name symbolically refers to Iran's longest river, were brutally murdered in their home in Kerman. The documentary film, based on the statements of the survivors, tries to sensitively reconstruct one of the many terrible, politically motivated events that took place in Iran at the end of the previous century, and draws us into the fateful day with the help of detailed shots of the objects in Hamid's study.

“And he asked, which one torments the other one; The places or the memories…?” — Shahriar Mandanipour

Details

  • Original Title
    Karun – The Longest River of Iran
  • Direction
  • Runtime
    19 min (16-30 min.)
  • Year
    2024
  • Country
    • Switzerland
    • Finland
    • Iran
  • Format
    • Colour

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