Films
IT'S WINTER (2006)
(35mm, Color, 1h26)
Director Rafi Pitts
Screenwriter Rafi Pitts
Producers Mohammad M. Dadgoo, Rafi Pitts
Cinematographer Mohammad Davudi
Production Designer Malak Khazai
Editor Hassan Hassandoost
Sound Design Amir Hossein Ghassemi
Music Hossein Alizadeh, Mohammad Reza Shajarian
Actors Mitra Hajjar, Ali Nicksaulat, Said Orkani
Awards Nominated Golden Berlin Bear, Silver Spike and Best Cinematography - Valladolid International Film Festival, New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize - Palm Springs International Film Festival, Best Film - Paris Cinema.
The struggle to survive, for a generation, torn between wanting to leave its country, yet bound by blood to home.
© Stray Cat Films
SANAM (2000)
(35mm, Color, 1h28)
Director Rafi Pitts
Screenwriter Rafi Pitts
Producers Rafi Pitts, Mohammad M. Dadgoo
Cinematographer Farhad Saba
Production Designer Malak Khazai
Editor Hassan Hassandoost
Sound Design Reza Delpak
Actors Roya Nonahali, Ismail Amini
Awards Golden Moon of Valencia Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival, Grand Prix and Best Actor Paris Film Festival, Special Prize of the Jury Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival, Golden Wheel Vesoul Asian Film Festival
In a small valley, riders pursue and kill a man. A horse thief, so his assassins claim. But for his ten year old son Issa, the disappearance of his father causes an avalanche of problems. With the family name stigmatized, Issa is bullied by the other children in the village. While his mother fights to clear her husbands name, Issa is left to his own devices. But unexpectedly, his solitude gives birth to his freedom, his real passion, horses.
© Stray Cat Films
THE FIFTH SEASON (1997)
(35mm, Color, 1h20)
Directors Rafi Pitts
Screenwriter Bahram Beizai, Rafi Pitts
Producer Sophie Goupil
Cinematographer Nemat Haghighi
Production Designer Malak Khazai
Editor Hassan Hassandoost
Sound Design Reza Delpak
Actors Roya Nonahali, Ali Sarkhani
Awards Venice Critics Week, Golden Moon of Valencia - Cinema Jove Valencia International Film Festival, Special Prize of the Jury Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival, Audience Award - Belfort Entrevues Film Festival, Audience Award - Vesoul Asian Film Festival, Special Jury Award, Best Actress and OCIC Award - Amiens International Film Festival.
The fight for power in an isolated village. Two families have been enemies for so long they cannot even remember why. The only hope for peace between the feuding families is lost when an arranged marriage agreement is broken. Some days later, the groom, Karamat, returns with a brand new minibus. But a fierce competition for passengers break out when the bride, Mehrbanou, decides to do the same...
© Stray Cat Films
SALANDAR (1994) - Short
(35mm, Color, 38mins)
Director Rafi Pitts
Screenwriter Bahram Beizai, Rafi Pitts
Producers Rustam Ibragimbekov, Rafi Pitts
Cinematographer Bagir Rafiev
Editor Rafi Pitts
Production Designer Malak Khazai
Actors Meyek Kerimov, Yuri Baliev, Alexander Sharovsky
Awards Grand Prix Short Film - Belfort Entrevues Film Festival, Golden Gate Award Short Narrative - San Francisco International Film Festival.
Two soldiers adrift in the desert, come across an enigmatic old man. Upon their confrontation, the fate of three human beings, set against the contradictions of war in the East.
© Stray Cat Films
