The Art of Living in Danger
Documentary Film
Iran/Germany, 87 mins, 2020
Mina, the director of the film unveils a family secret about her grandmother’s death. through a monologue with her grandmother, Mina shows the reality of domestic violence against women in Iran
Written and Directed: Mina Keshavarz
Editor: Hamila Moayed
Cinematographers: Mina keshavarz, Amin Behroozzadeh
Sound designer: Ensieh Maleki
Sound Production Mixer: Hassan Shabankareh
Composer: Amin Behroozzadeh
Art Director: Saba Nassiri
Producers: Mina Keshavarz, Gerd Haag, Kerstin Krieg
TAG/TRAUM Film Production & MinDoc Film Production
In cooperation with ZDF/ARTE, With support from HotDocs Cross Current International Theatrical Fund
Selected Screening :
- Busan International Film Festival 2020
- Sheffield Doc/Fest 2020
- IDFA Best of Fests 2020
- Inconvenient International Human Rights Film Festival 2020
- Izmir International Documentary Film festival 2020
- IWART 2021
- FilmMore International Women Film Festival 2021
- Qualified for Best feature length documentary Awards Oscar 2021
- PortoFemme Film Festival (October 2021)
- Feminist Film Festival, Romania (September 2021)
- Slovenia Docu Film Festival (September 2021)
- Cyprus International Film Festival (November 2021)
- JAYU Human Rights Film Festival/ Toronto / December 2021
- Women Voices Now Film Festival / US / March 2022
- Lisbon Contemporary Art Museum / Lisbon / October 2022
- American Museum of Asian Arts / US / December 2022
- Eye Museum / Amsterdam / March 2023
- Istanbul Cinematek / Istanbul / May-June 2023
- No Man’s Art Gallery / Amsterdam / April-May 2023
- Flying Broom International Women Film Festival / Ankara / May-June 2023
- Documentarist International Film Festival / Istanbul / June 2023
- MEP (Maison od Photography Europe) / Paris / September 2023
- Akademie Der Kunste , Berlin, March 2024
- Belfield University , Belfield , Germany, May 2024
- Hastam Contemporary Art Festival, Hamburg, August 2024
Awards :
- Mecenat Award for Best Documentary Film in Busan International Film Festival
- Nominated for Best Feature length documentary Award in One World Media Awards 2021
- Best Feature Length Documentary Film Award in Feminist Film Festival Bucharest 2021
- Best Feature Length Documentary Award in Porto Femme Film Festival, Portugal 2021
- Special Mention human rights award in Porto Femme Film Festival, Portugal 2021
- Best Feature Length Documentary Film in Cyprus International Film Festival – Cyprus 2021
- Special Jury Prize in Women Voices Now Film Festival – US – March 2023
