PAIN IS MINE

Australia, 2018, 13’
Director and Writer:  Farshid Akhlaghi
Cinematographer: Farshid Akhlaghi
Supervising Producers: Steve Thomas, Shannon Owen
Sound: Ant Bohun
Production Company: Victorian College of the Arts (VCA)

One day, One room, One take. After her spinal surgery, she was always in pain, intense pain, unendurable pain. Painkillers have been her refuge for a long time, but one day, she decided to stop.

AWARDS

Best Short Documentary, Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival (DOCLA), LA, USA, 2018; Special Mention Award, Camerimage Film Festival, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2018; Best Experimental Documentary, Ghent Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival, Ghent, Belgium, 2019; Best Pacific Short Film, Anuu-ru Aboro Film Festival, Poidimie, New Caledonia, 2019; Black Bear Award, Athens International Film + Video Festival, Ohio, USA, 2019.

FARSHID AKHLAGHI

Born in 1981 in Tehran, Iran, Farshid Akhlaghi is an independent Iranian/Australian filmmaker. He started his career as a short film director by making narrative and experimental shorts. He directed 15 short films and documentaries and participated in a variety of film festivals around the world. In 2012 he moved to Australia to continue his education and make films in a new area. In 2018 he has been awarded the Special Mention Award in the prestigious Camerimage Film Festival. His first feature documentary From Music into Silence has been released in Australian cinemas in 2019. His last film Pain is Mine, has been screened in more than 30 film festivals and received many awards.

Filmography

Tanha Yadegar (1996), Torn Paper (1997), Rasme Asheghi (2007), Evaporation (2010), Suppose We Should Honor Death (2010), Blind Owl Wedding Hall (2010), For Sale (2011), Station 44 (2011), A Several Hundred Family (2012), The Insomniac (2012), Abortion (2012), The Drowned Dreams (2015), From Music into Silence (2018), Pain is Mine (2018).