Looking For Oum Kulthum

It was screened in the contemporary world cinema section at the 2017 toronto international film festival.

Looking for oum kulthum. Directed by shirin neshat shoja azari. Screenplay by azari ahmad diba neshat. F irst and foremost. Looking for oum kulthum shirin neshat shoja azari.

A film within a film shirin neshat s second feature film looking for oum kulthum captures the plight of an iranian woman artist filmmaker living in exile as she embarks on a. One male shoja azari and one female shirin neshat. Marketed as a film within a within looking for oum kulthum is the fictional story of an iranian director filming oum kalthoum s biopic in egypt. Looking for oum kulthum was created as a film within a film navigating between moments of the singer s private and public life on the one hand and mitra s experience on the other as she directs a film about an artist she admires yet has difficulty penetrating.

The actual movie not the film a film was made by two iranian filmmakers. Looking for oum kulthum. A film within a film looking for oum kulthum is the plight of an iranian woman artist filmmaker living in exile as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendry female singer of the arab world oum kulthum through her difficult journey not unlike her heroine s she has to face the struggles sacrifices and the price that a woman has to pay if she dares to cross the. With neda rahmanian yasmin raeis mehdi moinzadeh.

In fact it s not even a documentary. Looking for oum kulthum is a 2017 internationally co produced drama film about the egyptian diva umm kulthum directed by shirin neshat in collaboration with shoja azari. Looking for oum kulthum info a film within a film looking for oum kulthum is the plight of an iranian woman artist filmmaker living in exile as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the arab world oum kulthum. Directed by shirin neshat in collaboration with shoja azari.