BEYOND THE WALL – Fiction Grand Award
Screening of the award-winning film "Beyond the Wall" by Vahid Jalilvand
"The virtuosity of the editing of the shots and sequences, articulating different spaces and timeframes, imaginary or real, heightens the message of the film, which combines a powerful protest against the arbitrary violence of a tyrannical regime and the exaltation of human dignity. The jury salutes the refinement and efficiency of the direction, the subtlety and audacity of the director’s aesthetic choices and the flawless acting. A true cinematic masterpiece."
Liberties & DemocracyMiddle East
Sunday 19 March
18:00
Grütli - Salle Simon
sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening
This debat is preceded by the movie:
Beyond the Wall
By Vahid Jalilvand
Leila, a young woman on the run, is hiding in the flat of Ali, a visually-impaired man. The two strangers, like wounded animals, begin to befriend each other in this gripping huis-clos. The relationship that the characters develop also becomes a refuge where their past, fragmented between fantasy and reality, is gradually revealed. Presented in competition at the Venice Film Festival, "Beyond the Wall" embarks on a cinematic tour de force that is nothing short of a powerful allegory about the police state and freedom.
Festivals: Venice Film Festival 2022, International Competition
Section Competition - Fiction
Original language(s) Farsi
Subtitle(s) French & English
Libertés & DémocratieProche & Moyen-Orient
- Director(s)
- Vahid Jalilvand
- Writer(s)
- Vahid Jalilvand
Casting
- Navid Mohammadzadeh
- Diana Habibi
- Amir Aghaee
- Saeed Dakh
- Danial Kheirikhah
- Alireza Kamali
World sales
- The Match Factory
Production
- Ali Jalilvand
Cinematographer
- Adib Sobhani
Music
- Olafur Arnalds
- Mohammadreza Shajarian
Sound
- Dariush Sadeghpour
- Mahmoud Kashani
- Alireza Alavian
Editor
- Vahid Jalilvand
- Duration
- 126'
- Year
- 2022
- Production country
- Iran
- Status
- Swiss Premiere
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