Residents of One-Way Street/ ساکنان یک کوچه یکطرفه

Residents of One-Way Street/ ساکنان یک کوچه یکطرفه
Iran, 2014, 56’
Farsi w/ Arm./Eng. subtitles
 

Director, Scriptwriter, and Producer: Mahdi Bagheri
Cinematography: Mohamad Reza Taymouri
Editors: Mahdi Bagheri, Farahnaz Sharifi
Production Company: Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC)
 

A documentary about Si-ye Tir or former Qavam os-Saltaneh Street located in District 12 of Tehran. One of the city’s oldest streets, it was in the past a common home for people of various faiths – Armenians, Jews, Muslims, and Zoroastrians. Now only memories and family photo albums remain from the former residents of the street.

Just a few before the start of the 8^th Ujan Film Festival, one of the residents of the one-way street, Iranian-Armenian producer and acquisitions expert Shahen Bazil, who was a jury member in 2019, passed away. In 2018, another hero of the film, Iranian-Armenian actor and producer Levon Haftvan, also passed. Both played a big role in the dissemination of Iranian cinema over the last 30 years around the world and the preservation of Iranian-Armenian cultural ties. By closing the festival with this film, we are paying tribute and saying our final farewell to Levon Haftvan and Shahen Bazil.

Mahdi Bagheri

Born in 1981, Mahdi Bagheri is an editor, documentary filmmaker, and photographer, who studied at the Tehran Film School (Dr. Ahmad Alasti’s workshop). He is a member of IRIDFA (Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association). His films have been awarded at festivals, including the Best Documentary Award in the National Competition of the 26^th Tehran Short Film Festival for the film Songs of Freedom.

Filmography

Song of Freedom (2009), The Importance of Being a Poet (2011), Reluctant Bachelor (2011), Inhabitants of Tehran (documentary series, 2011), Hidden (2012), And Suddenly, You Went Missing (2012), Residents of One-Way Street (2014).