Short Films

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Ett Tyst År / A Silent Year

2021/ 6 MIN /CZECH REPUBLIC / lANGUAGE: SWEDISH, SUB: ENGLISH/ DIRECTOR AND EDIT: SAMARÉ GOZAL/PRODUCER: RAMZ MEDIA AND RUMINATE / THE WAKING. SOUND: ALEX ROZENSWEIG, B-FOOTAGE: JANINA WARNK, MEKAELA STEVENSON

 

This short film is the second short in the Audacity-series. The series aims to make several short documentaries and videography projects about the resilience of nature in urban spaces. A Silent Year is primarily focused on the many layers of sounds that exist under a perceived notion of silence. The film was released on the Ruminate / The Waking platform and is available for screening between June 2021-July 2021. Click here to watch

AUDACITY

2019/6 min/Czech Republic/Director and edit: Samaré Gozal/Producer: Ramz Media and Stonecrop Review 

 

Audacity is a videography project about the resilience of nature in urban spaces which was originally made for Stonecrop Review´s 2nd issue Roots/Routes. Trees improve air quality in cities and make urban spaces more inhabitable. Most trees do not interfere with pavements and the asphalt. This tree, however, has defied all rules. It has two twin stems that grow boldly out of the ground with branches stretching far and wide. A few friends get together to debate the origins of this remarkable tree. They debate whether the city planners built the road around the tree or whether it indeed just grew right out of the asphalt and if so then how could it possibly be allowed to grow so freely?

A Classroom

2018/6 min/Director and drawing: Samaré Gozal / Producer: Ramz Media/ Edit: Matus Vizar /Distribution platforms: Ramz Media Vimeo, TakeOneAction UK

 

In the capital of a European transit country, a group of young adult students discuss the  refugee crisis of 2015 in a classroom. As they feed off of each other´s fears, their aggression towards asylum seekers intensifies and soon trumps reason and rule of law. Based on actual events and real dialogue, this short animation is a contemporary examination of how collective fear and illusion about an external enemy can erode the fabric of reason and compromise the line between caution and paranoia.

 

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BARLONYO

2009/ 10 min / Director: Samaré Gozal /Producer: Ramz Media /Photo and Edit: Astrid Schau-Larsen / Format:4:3

 

 

In February 2004 the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) attacked the IDP camp of Barlonyo in Northern Uganda. Over 300 civilians were burned or shot to death. Many of those who remained were children who suddenly became the head of the families. These are some of their stories.

MOMENT OF FURY 

 

Moment of Fury describes the violation of fundamental human rights, such as freedom of expression, in contemporary Iran. It depicts the realities of life under authoritarian rule as seen through the eyes of asylum seekers and activists in exile as well as in Iran. They tell their own stories the way that they wish and choose. 

The footage is a combination of interviews conducted by the team in Denmark and Norway but also a collection of archival footage from various sources. The black and white images are all from the late Magnum photographer Abbas whose work Samaré admired greatly for many years. 

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 Dr. Shirin Ebadi’s lecture on Human Rights in Iran

PARIA 

Paria is an animated short film about false political promises. The film was inspired by the poem “Paria” by the late Persian poet Ahmad Shamloo. Voice: Mohammad Husseinpour.