Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island

Director: Hassan Solhjou, 2013, UK, 57 minutes, Cast: Simin Daneshavr, Ebrahim Golestan, Ahmad Karimi Hakak, Esmail Khoi, Parto Noori Ala, Simin Behbehani, Sharnoush Parsipour, Abbas Maroufi, Abbas Milani, Ata Mohajerani, Farzaneh Milani, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Nasser Pakdaman, Nasser Zeraati, Narges Tavassolian, Sepideh Farsi

Screening with: Horaman + Beyond Dead + When the Curtain Falls

Simin Daneshavr was an Iranian pioneering novelist who lived nearly for a century and under 3 different political regimes. She and her husband, (Jalal Al Ahamd) have been regarded as ”Iranian Simone de Beauvoir, and Jean-Paul Sartre”. But they had a very different fate. Simin’s life is a mirror of what has happened to Iranian women through a century, from unveiling the hejab and playing important roles in the society to imposed hejab and staying at home in Islamic regime. This film is looking at her life through history of women movement in Iran.

Hassan Solhjoo

Hassan Solhjoo, is a producer of a documentary showcase in BBC word service – Persian TV. He started his career as a film maker when he was in his 20’s in 1990 and following making some short films in Iran, moved to England and since 2000 has been living there and made 3 documentaries for BBC. His short films have been awarded in some national and international film festivals.