Photo Gallery: L'OSPITE at Imperia Video Festival
Our Interview with the Italian Newspaper, LA STAMPA during the festival. Basir Ahang and I talked with the media about L'OSPITE that is dedicated to the refugees and victims of drownings in Mediterranean Sea, about the situation of refugees in Italy and about Hazaras' on going massacres in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Monday, April 27, 2015
L'OSPITE / THE GUEST among ten finalists for CARPINE D'ARGENTO PRIZE 2015
L'OSPITE one of the ten finalists for CARPINE D'ARGENTO PRIZE 2015 International festival of short films in Visciano, Naples.
L'OSPITE tra i dieci finalisti per il PREMIO CARPINE D'ARGENTO concorso Internazionale del CortiFestival di Visciano 2015, Naploli
Monday, April 20, 2015
L'OSPITE/ THE GUEST in Three More Festivals in Italy
After winning VENICE CITY AWARD 2014, the short film L'OSPITE/ THE GUEST is in competition in three more Italian film festivals.
L'OSPITE / THE GUEST in competition @ KALAT NISSA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015
L'OSPITE / THE GUEST in competition @ IMPERIA FILM FESTIVAL 2015
L'OSPITE / THE GUEST in competition @ Pisoia Short Film Prize 2015
Monday, November 24, 2014
LA CENA PERSIANA il nuovo film di Amin Wahidi in produzione
Basta pochissimo
per spezzare per sempre un legame di amicizia e di fiducia: una parola di
troppo o una tenuta nascosta per troppo tempo, bastano a farti rimanere solo in
men che non si dica. E' ciò che Andrea, giovane cuoco e aspirante
attore, impara durante una cena che potrebbe aprirgli la strada verso il futuro
sognato da sempre. Ad un tavolo si siedono molti individui di provenienza e
vissuti differenti per discutere i termini di un film da girare a breve. Tutti,
gli attori, gli sceneggiatori, il regista, i produttori, le fidanzate stesse
hanno degli interessi in gioco in questa cena, che diventa l'occasione d'oro di
ognuno per vedere trionfare i propri interessi su quelli altrui. E' una gara in
cui ognuno corre da solo convinto di poter arrivare primo al traguardo.
Andrea, dopo aver organizzato una cena tra amici, si troverà a farla fallire
del tutto, ferendo coloro che non hanno tradito le sue aspettative o la sua
fiducia.
La Cena uscira' nel 2015
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
L’Ospite (THE GUEST) WINNER of 22nd Venice City Award 2014
L’Ospite (THE
GUEST) A short film by M. Amin Wahidi
WINNER of 22nd Venice
City Award 2014 in an special event of 71st Venice International Film Festival 2014
L’Ospite AKA The Guest is the last work by Amin
Wahidi shot in early 2014 in Venice and was presented in an special event of 71st
Venice International Film Festival winning two awards from 22nd
Venice City Award 2014, Award for the best short film and the Award as the best
actor for Basir Ahang.
This short film is dedicated to all
asylum seekers and refugees who are victims of war and violence in their homeland
and victims of deportation in the second and safe land.
It is also dedicated to all those people who are drowned in Mediterranean Sea while coming towards Italy for seeking asylum.
It is also dedicated to all those people who are drowned in Mediterranean Sea while coming towards Italy for seeking asylum.
Synopsis:
Nima is an Iranian asylum seeker who
has just arrived to Italy
after three times of being deported to Greece. By chance he meets Basir,
another refugee, student and activist for refugees’ rights, in front of Santa
Lucia Station in Venice
who speaks the same language. After they are introduced to each other, Basir
takes Nima to his home for the night but when they arrive home, everything is
changed in a few minutes.
L’OSPITE (The
Guest)
A film by M. Amin Wahidi
Actors: Basir Ahang, Nima Dashtban, Nicole Valentini, Silvia De Bastiani, Margherita
Piccin , Michele Guidi,
Marta De Bastiani, Samantha Silvestri e Bibi Simic
Duration: 19′: 30″
Language: Persian- Italian
Year: 2014
Subtitles: Italian- English
Production: Deedenow Cinema Production-Afghanistan &
Related Links:
Thursday, July 25, 2013
“The Persian Dinner” a new film by Deedenow Cinema Production Afghanistan
What “friendship” could mean in our nowadays contexts,
how people “change” in “different circumstances” and how a “cultural-clash” could
break relationships in an eye-blink, and finally, is “multiculturalism”, the mingle
of Europeans with the “non-European newcomers” in this continent “still
functional” or is it already “failed”?
They are some of the questions that came in Amin
Wahidi’s mind to write and direct his new film,”The Persian Dinner”.
The Afghanistani filmmaker, who lives and works in Italy, is making his first feature film Italy with the subject of “multiculturalism” in this country.
“The Persian Dinner”
A young couple organizes
a Persian dinner with the help of their Persian friends and invite a couple of
producers to get a film project produced, but all goes wrong during the discussions
after dinner as different secrets reveal among the invitees one after the
other.
“The Persian Dinner” will be shot in Milan in 2015.
“The Persian Dinner”
Written and Directed by: M. Amin Wahidi
Language: Italian- Persian
Production Year: 2015
Production(s):
Deedenow Cinema Production Afghanistan
Remspot, Italy
Hazara International Network
Rimake- Milano
Deedenow Cinema Production Afghanistan
Remspot, Italy
Hazara International Network
Rimake- Milano
Subtitles:English- Italian
Amin Wahidi and his Shorts
With each of his short films, the director also
depicts the passages he has passed through in his life since he has moved to Italy; from his refuge to Italy until his
integration into Italian society.
The Guest/L’Ospite (short) 19′ 2014 Milan-
Italy
About: A refugee arrives in Venice
after three times of deportation to Greece. He is searching for hospitality for one night, but
could anyone take home a clandestine newcomer?
The Fighter (short) 20′ 2014 Milan- Italy
About:
A Hazara
former champion in Kickboxing is trying to obtain his glory once again but this
time as a refugee in Italy.
Within The Mists (short) 30′ 2011 Milan- Italy
About: Mr. X is an artist
(writer-poet-painter) who finds himself imprisoned in a big city and at the end
decides to leave the city and its crazy people for a destination he doesn’t
know.
His first short film in Italy “Within the Mists 2011” relates the
experiences of refuge, its hardships and its consequences.
Links:
Friday, September 14, 2012
This Year's Film Bazara November 21 - 24, 2012 Goa Marriott Resort, India
ABOUT FILM BAZAAR
An evolving trade market for film industry
professionals, Film Bazaar is committed to discover and support
significantly compelling talent from South Asia and address key concerns
of the world film community in the dynamic domain of film development,
production, and distribution. From 2007 onwards FB is a converging point
for buyers and sellers of film rights and is aimed at facilitating
sales of world cinema in the South Asian region and the promotion of
Indian Cinema in the international domain.
2012 will see 6 original stories by Indian writers, 25 potential projects relating to South Asian stories, Knowledge Series sessions with noteworthy film industry doyens & prominent film organizations. The Film Bazaar Viewing Room
will house unseen films looking for gap finance/distribution
partners/scrfestival selection as also films featured in the Indian
Panorama (IFFI). A partner program with Primehouse (Germany) PrimeXchange is a co-production
initiative that provides a forum for independent European and Indian
Producers to engage in an open and collaborative environment with
hands-on media industry experts.The market is also equipped with an Exhibitors Section where booths can be booked, and digital theatres for trade screenings of films.
Organised annually alongside the International Film Festival of India
(IFFI) at the Goa Marriott Resort, the market is a gamut of activity
where delegates buy, sell, exhibit and pitch their content. The sixth
Film Bazaar will be held from November 21 - 24, 2012.
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