10 + 4

Mania Akbari
Iran
2007

You must have your own experience... to understand life.

77", DigiBeta PAL
Color, Persian with English subtitles

about the film

Director Mania Akbari's second work to be screened at !f (after 20 Fingers in 2004) once again blurs the boundaries between film, art and life. A sequel (of sorts) to Abbas Kiarostami's Ten, in 10 +4 Mania courageously lets her cancer dictate her film, as she flows with it through her own life. Male and female relationships were under scrutiny in 20 Fingers. This time, with her camera following her everywhere, this formidable woman spares no one, first and foremost not herself. Conversations with her friends and family are recorded within the intimate spaces of a car, a gondola, and a hospital bed. The camera is always there, always on. It records the community police who stops Mania’s car to chastise her for her bald head, it records her sons as they go for drives in Mania’s car, it records her daily conversations with friends. 10+4 feels like we’re lightly spying on Mania’s hardest time. And what a privilege that is- along with her, we are allowed to experience the joys of life, fear of death, and just being.

about the director

Born in 1974 in Iran, Mania Akbari began her art career as a painter in 1991. In 2002, she played the main role in Abbas Kiarostami’s Ten. Her 6 Video Arts was finished in 2005. She made her feature directorial debut 20 Fingers which was awarded at the Venice Film Festival in 2004.

awards

2007 San Sebastian Film Festival
Vancouver Film Festival
Pusan Film Festival
Chicago Film Festival
Kerala Film Festival: Best Director

screenings

February 14 Thursday, 12:00 AM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 1

February 14 Thursday, 3:30 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 1

February 15 Friday, 3:30 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 1

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