Genre: Fiction Drama
Length: 26 minutes
Production year: 2021
Mohammad Hossein Karimizadeh was born on January 21, 1999 in Tehran. He has a degree in cinematography and has continued his education in filmmaking and directing. At the beginning of its filmmaking activities, he founded Henry Dal, and wrote and directed the company's short films such as "Animal emotions" and "The domestic". He has also worked in the field of theater for many years. His works in the field of performing arts include "Secret" theater (writer, director and actor) and "Sin" theater (producer). All of these works are produced by his company (Daall art company). He has also been producing content on Iranian television for a short time.
The difficulties and constraints that children, and particularly girls experience in facing their parents in my home country – Iran – served as an inspiration for me to make the short film entitled “The Domestic”. Various elements such as financial issues, along with religious and ethical concerns may drive parents to resort to inhuman behaviors when treating their children; behaviors which cannot be confuted by law due to its deficiency or obscure reasons. Therefore, depicting these problems in Iran can be a very difficult task because of regulatory, religious, or (occasionally) political reasons. However, I attempted to vocalize my concerns, albeit in a strained manner, through the making of this movie.
I faced many challenges due to the significant distance between filming locations (Tehran and Hormoz Island) and limited equipment, but the creation of this film provided an opportunity to experience the process of filming in different and distanced locations.
This film holds great value for me and the cast. The difficulties in production even drove me to the edge of giving up. However, I persevered by relying on my previous experiences. The making of this movie added to my experience, which will certainly be useful in future projects. I hope that the audience – and particularly parents – who watch “The Domestic” make amends for their behavior with their children.
Mohammad Hossein Karimi
Screen Writer and Director of “The Domestic” short movie.
Writer and Director: Mhammad Hossein karimi, producer: YaserKahyapour
Cast: AbolfazlKargozari, Bita Akbari, Hanieh Rahimi, Ahmad Samimi, Amir Hossein SeyedEsmail, FarhadGoodarzi, Mohsen Shabani, Sarah Khodai, Hadis Hashemi, Nazanin Biuck, Mojtaba Taheri, Mohammad Golshan. Directing group, Assistant Directors: Nazanin Biuck, HesamNajafzadeh. Scene Secretary: Hanieh Rahimi, Imaging group, Director of Photography: Amir Salehi, Image Assistants: Amir Mohsen Azimi, Fatemeh Eydi, Behind the scenes and aerial photography: Shayan Amiri, photographers: Hana Hashemi Panah, Amir Hossein Seyed Ismail, Sound recordist: Yosef Tarhani
In Iran, many cases of murder of girls by their fathers occur. This type of murder, which occurs due to customary and religious issues, is called honor murder, and unfortunately, every year, we see some examples of this kind of bitter and heartbreaking news in different cities of Iran. Romina, a fourteen years old teenage girl, is one of the most famous victims of this type of murders, who ran away from home because of her father's disagreement to their marriage with her boyfriend.
In Iranian culture, like other religious cultures, there are issues in society that are not accepted by society's tradition, one of these issues is sexual orientation and adjustment. Contrary to the law, people who are approved in counseling sessions and in court can do gender surgery, but still, in the tradition of society, these people are ridiculed and psychologically abused and are not accepted by society.
Domestic in Persian culture and language means tame and obedient and is also used for people. Domesticated people are generally obedient and will not quarrel with other people. In Iran, the adjective domestic is a good definition in families.
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