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Ujan Story/ داستان اوجان
Ujan Story/ داستان اوجان
Armenia/ Iran, 2021, 70’
in Armenian w/ Eng. subtitles
Director and Scriptwriter: Shahram Badakhshan Mehr
Cinematographer: Hossein Tavakoli
Producers: Shahram Badakhshan Mehr, Garegin Zakoyan, Armen Petrosian, Artur Vardikyan
Editor: Moien alldin Khorshidi
Sound: Adel Mashoori
Production Company: Shahram Badakhshan Mehr/ Filmadaran NGO
Shot in 2019 during and around the 5th Apricot Tree Ujan International Film Festival, the film is a docudrama about the village and specifically the Manvelyan family, which first hosted the director and his wife back in 2017 within the frames of the 3rd festival. Later on, the relationship grew to become a true friendship of families.
Shahram Badakhshan Mehr
Born in 1977 in Lahijan, located in the North of Iran, Shahram Badakhshan Mehr has an MA in Film Directing from Tehran University. In 2010, he attended a workshop lead by Abbas Kiarostami. Currently, he is teaching filmmaking at “Elmi Karbordi” University. In 2017, Badakhshan Mehr’s docudrama Slowly won the Feature-Length Competition Grand Prize of the Apricot Tree Ujan International Film Festival.
Filmography
My Fears (2000), Me or You (2002), Original Version (2004), The Other (2007), Water Hole (2009), Presence (2010), Prowl (2011), Work that you do… (2012), Slowly (2017), Ujan Story (2021).