Today
Iran
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2014
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Color
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87 min
This directory compiles the glossaries from all editions of Cines del Sur: eleven already held and the twelfth currently underway. It serves as a living memory of the festival, its films, guests, sections, and spaces for reflection on the cinemas of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Arab world. Here you can trace the evolution of its programming, rediscover filmmakers, and follow the thematic threads that have defined Cines del Sur's identity as a meeting point for cultures, perspectives, and ways of understanding cinema from the Global South.
Youness, an elderly taxi driver, takes a young woman to the hospital at the end of his workday, unaware of what awaits him there. With this simple story, Iranian filmmaker Reza Mirkarimi offers a narrative about people who help others without knowing them beforehand and who remain anonymous once that help has concluded. This dimension is built upon minimal dialogue, as conversation is often a source of misunderstanding.Today reflects on the situation of women in Iranian society and becomes a life lesson made of half-spoken words and many silences that we sense are full of meaning and profound truths.
Technical Details
Direction:
Reza Mirkarimi
Cinematography:
Houman Behmanesh
Music:
Amin Honarmand
Language:
Farsi
Art Direction:
Marjan Golzar
Sound:
Saeid Bojnourdi
Subtitles:
English and Spanish
Screenplay:
Reza Mirkarimi, Shadmehr Rastin
Editing:
Reza Mirkarimi
Cast:
Parviz Parastui (Youness), Soheila Golestani (Sedigheh), Shabnam Moghaddami (Mrs. Majd)
Director
Reza Mirkarimi
Born in Tehran, Iran, in 1966. He graduated in Graphic Arts from the University of Fine Arts in Tehran. His activity in the film world began in 1987 with a short film titled For Him. He also started making his own television series with The Adventures of Mrs. Aziz and Hemmat School Kids. Additionally, he has directed two sports documentaries for various television channels: From Football to Football and The Champions of Wrestling. His first feature film experience was The Child and the Soldier in 1999, which earned him several local and international awards, such as the Isfahan Golden Butterfly Award in 1999, the Silver Globe at the Festival of Three Continents in Nantes in 2000, and the Golden Slipper at the Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth (Czech Republic). In 2012, Mirkarimi participated in the Official Section of the Granada Cines del Sur Festival with A Cube of Sugar. Today is his most recent film.
