Immortality (2016 film)

Immortality (Persian: جاودانگی - Javdanegi) One Single-Shot Movie. is a 2016 Iranian experimental drama film directed by Mehdi Fard Ghaderi.^[1] and his first feature film.

Immortality
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Directed by	Mehdi Fard Ghaderi
Written by	Mehdi Fard Ghaderi
Produced by	Javad Norouzbeigi
Cinematography	Amin Jafari
Running time	145 minutes
Country	Iran

This movie was recorded entirely on the train. All of the footage takes place on a rainy night using a 145-minute Steadicam one-shot sequence. Immortality was filmed in fourteen nights, and the film was shot twelve times until the end. The final film is one of those twelve takes.^[2]

World premiere Immortality was in Rome Film Fest 2016.^[3]

Plot

All the events of this movie take place on a rainy night on a train and it tells the story of the lives of six families in different train carriages, which is narrated with time shifts.

An old man is informed that he has only three more days to live, he is on a train to go to his cottage and be there when he dies. Slowly his dreams begin.^[4]

Cast

• Manocher Alipour^[5]
• Anna Nemati
• Maral Farjad
• Faghiheh Soltani
• Soudabe Beizzaii
• Atabak Naderi
• Alireza Ostadi

Reception

First premiere Immortality was at the main competition 11th Rome Film Festival 2016 in Italy.^[6][7] Italian critics wrote positive reviews about the film.^[8][9][10]

Then this film was then screened at the Munich Film Fest,^[11] 2017 in Germany and Transylvania Film Festival 2017 in Romania.^[12][13][14]

Immortality was screened in twenty international film festivals around the world. This film won prizes from several international festivals from United States and Italy.^[15]

Awards & Nomination

Year	Festival	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2016	Rome Film Festival	Gala	Nominated	[16]
2016	One Take Film Festival	Best Film	Nominated	[17]
2016	Hanoi International Film	Best Film	Nominated	[18]
2016	Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival	Iranian Independent	Nominated	[19]
2017	Munich Film Fest	International Independents	Nominated	[20]
2017	Transylvania Film Festival	World Cinema	Nominated	[21]
2017	Ischia Film Festival	Best Film	Won	[22]

References

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17. "one take film festival number thirteen". www.onetakefilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
18. "3 Iranian films go to Hanoi Intl. filmfest". Mehr News Agency. 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
19. "Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2016 Catalouge by Fauzi Rahman - Issuu". issuu.com. 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
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21. "'Immortality' to go on screen in Romania". Honaronline. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
22. ""Immortality" on screen at Ischia Film Festival". Tehran Times. 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2024-05-07.