2005/ 10 min / Director: Samaré Gozal / edit: Astrid Schau Larsen/ Producer: Samaré Gozal, André Vridstoft/ Location Sound: Lasse Skot /Format: 4:3/B/W photography By Kaveh Golestan / Most of the participants are listed in the credits. However, The identity of some has been altered for their protection and/or names have been omitted altogether from the credits.
Moment of Fury describes the violation of fundamental human rights, such as freedom of expression, in contemporary Iran. It serves as a glimpse into the realities of life under authoritarian rule as seen through the eyes of asylum seekers and activists inside as well as outside Iran.
The footage is a combination of interviews conducted by the team in Denmark and Norway, footage shot in Iran by an external camera man but also a collection of archival footage from Television broadcasts from the time around the revolution. The B/W images are by the late Iranian photographer Kaveh Golestan.
Director´s note:
Although Moment of Fury was made years ago, the first short film I ever worked on, the subject matter of freedom of speech and freedom of expression in Iran continues to be highly current. The film is about the moment of no return, the moment when an individual in a repressive society might reach a point when there is nothing left to lose, leaving no other option than open resistance against the oppressor. This sentiment can be clearly seen with the nationwide and widespread protests currently taking place in the country and the global support that the uprising continues to inspire. The comment given by one of the interviewees at the end of the film is ´´People must not give up hope´´ and what we see in the uprising today I think is a testament to the incredible sacrifices that each and every protestor in the country has to make in the hopes of one day attaining their freedom.
Screenings:
Tampere Film Festival / 2007 (Finland), Bergen Filmklubb / 2006 (Norway), Document4 Human Rights Film Festival / 2006 (Scotland), One World Human Rights Film Festival / 2006 (Czech Republic), Studentersamfunnet / 2006 (Norway): The film opened for Nobel Prize recipient Dr.Shirin Ebadi’s lecture on the state of human rights in Iran.