A Moon for My Father

Douglas White, Mania Akbari / United Kingdom, Iran / 2019 / Czech Premiere / 73 min.

synopsis

The body as a material sculpting object and abstract unity of functions. The body as a part of early traumas, ideological rejection, political censorship, persistence and ephemerality. The body as a concept of organization of extensive natural communities. The body as an empty shrine for further artistic use. This audiovisual essay in letters by Iranian filmmaker and British sculptor is a dreamful, intimate dialogue, discourse on the country’s fate following the Islamic revolution, on family and a desire to perfect the female body devastated by malignant disease. A film conversation on the artistic reflection of beauty, memory, experience, fulfilment and inception of new life.

biography

Mania Akbari (1974) is a world-renowned Iranian artist and filmmaker based in London. Douglas White (1977) is a British sculptor and conceptualist who makes use of found objects and materials.

more about film

director:	Douglas White, Mania Akbari
producer:	Douglas White, Mania Akbari
photography:	Paria Kamyab, Douglas White, Mania Akbari, Mashad Afshar
editing:	Babak Salek, Majed Neisi, Ashkan Mehri
sound:	Pooya Koosha