ARKIPEL

Jakarta International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival

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Ghamar Taj

Zarei Brothers

2024, Iran

70 min. stereo, HD, Color

Sinopsis / Synopsis

Ghamar Taj, subjek sentralnya adalah Ghamar, seorang perempuan yang menavigasi keluarganya yang nomaden di Iran. Ia tegas menolak kota dan tetap hidup dalam tradisi. “I was a nomad and will stay a nomad,” ujarnya kepada pembuat film dalam suatu adegan. Ketika suaminya, Ebrahim, sakit dan harus berobat ke kota, film ini hanya memperlihatkan Ghamar di gurun, menelepon anaknya di kota yang menemani Ebrahim. Kota juga diposisikan sebagai penyebab penyakit Ebrahim—sebelum mengunjunginya, ia tak pernah sakit. Bagi Ghamar, kota tidaklah seperti gurun dan padang rumput tempat ia menjalani kehidupan nomaden yang lebih bebas dan sehat.

In Ghamar Taj the central subject is Ghamar, a woman navigating her nomadic family in Iran. She firmly rejects the city and chooses to remain rooted in tradition. “I was a nomad and will stay a nomad,” she tells the filmmaker in one scene. When her husband, Ebrahim, falls ill and must seek medical treatment in the city, the film only shows Ghamar in the desert, calling her child who is with Ebrahim in the city. The city is also positioned as the cause of Ebrahim’s illness—before visiting it, he was never sick. For Ghamar, the city is not like the desert and pastures where she lives a freer and healthier nomadic life.

Director’s Biography / Biografi Sutradara

Zarei lahir di Shiraz pada tahun 1362 Hijriah. Mereka memulai kegiatan artistik mereka pada tahun 1377 Hijriah di bidang teater (penulis/sutradara/akting/desain panggung) dan sejak tahun 1383 Hijriah mereka membuat film pendek pertama mereka dan setelah beberapa waktu melanjutkan kegiatan mereka di bidang film dokumenter dan fiksi.

The Zarei Brothers were born in Shiraz in 1362 SH. They started their artistic activities in 1377 SH in the field of theater (writer/director/acting/scene design) and from 1383 SH they made their first short film and after some time continued their activity in the field of documentary and fiction cinema.


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