Interview with Kiarash Pooyan director of "Redemption" short film

What was your motivation for making the film?

My motivation is necessarily to show the declining world community.

 A society that is involved in the radical culture of dictatorship and the exploitation of television. The environment, the tradition, the generation that is declining and tired of any oppression and cruelty.

How did the idea of the film come to you?

The idea for the film goes back to almost three years ago. I found a book “letter to a child never born” from Oriana Fallaci. I wanted to have a respect for this book with the symbols that I put in the film.

What is your main goal of filmmaking in Iran?

My goal in making films in Iran is necessarily a community-oriented view. I prefer to bring my own community in the form of symbols such as home, woman, child, and most of the closed frameworks that exist in the community around us.

How concerned is the subject of the movie and why did you choose this one?

Woman in cinema has always been my concern because in cinema, woman is portrayed as a symbol of scout, leader, people and society. It must be acknowledged that woman, both in her own nature and as a mother, is always carry events and building our society and future generation, and finally I can use the cinematic symbols of a real society and the concerns of the people away from any exaggeration.

How did you come to these cast and crew and what are your criteria for selection?

After taking to the producer and the resume of some of my friends, we came to the conclusion. Of course, it goes without saying that the biggest criterion for me was the mutual understanding of group so that we could understand each other and as a result we were able to achieve the best quality.

What were the Problems with the film production?

The problems we had in the production were that we had to work at night, which of course was not difficult with the good motivation of the behind-the-scenes crew.

Tell us about the positive points and good memories in making, producing, writing the script, finding the crew or any other subject that can inspire the filmmakers?

One of the best things that happened to me in this film was that we all empathized with each other and this point helped a lot in making this film, this film was a very difficult film in terms of designing and the scene recording, but it must be said that The only thing that encouraged me to keep working were that we all had good feelings and the vibe between the crew was everything we needed.

Tell us about the film funding and the challenges?

Unfortunately, it is much harder to find an investor for a short film. But this costly film is funded entirely personally

What are your expectations of your movie?

Every director expects something good to happen for his work of art, but it must be said that my film is a very symbolic and difficult film, and it is not expected that all audiences will achieve what I think. I must say that this film was somehow my personal concern. This film is full of symbols and a lot of information that our society has, I recommend this film for those friends who really love cinema and it can be very interesting for them.

Anything else you want to talk about?

Many friends complained that this movie is too personal. I have to answer that if the concern of the problems of my society and the problems of the women of my country is personal, why not, let me say that this film is a very personal film and that’s the concern of the director himself.

I just hope that this film can show its mission.

And at the end of all, I dedicate it to all the women and girls of my country and all around the world.