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    MY STOLEN PLANET

    MY STOLEN PLANET
    SAYYAREYE DOZDIDE SHODEYE MAN
    Germany

    SYNOPSIS

    MY STOLEN PLANET is a diary-style narrative by Farah, an Iranian filmmaker. Born during the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979, she captures moments of joy and defiance in her daily life, navigating the contrast between domestic freedom and external oppression. Simultaneously, she collects 8mm archives from people she doesn’t know. Relying on others’ recordings, she gains a new perspective on losing memories. Her connection with Leyla, an Iranian professor who left Iran during the revolution, adds a name and story to one of her archive’s faces. Farah’s mother, suffering from Alzheimer’s, motivates her to fight against forgetting. In the fall of 2022, the Women-Life-Freedom uprising became a turning point in Farah’s life, as well as in the lives of many others in Iran. This is a homemade history.

    CREDITS

    Written & directed by: Farahnaz Sharifi
    Produced by: Anke Petersen, Lilian Tietjen, Farzad Pak
    Cinematography & editing: Farahnaz Sharifi
    Original Score: Atena Eshtiaghi
    Sound: Daniel Wulf

    STATEMENT OF THE DIRECTOR

    When we share a memory with others, it moves from private to public. This story is woven tightly with a resistance to forgetting. At a time when power structures strive to narrate history in ways that hide important and popular segments, it becomes all the more crucial to share personal details and micro-narratives.

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