''Strand'' is a 2009 Iranian

experimental film Experimental film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working. Many experimental films, parti ...

directed by

Rouzbeh Rashidi Rouzbeh Rashidi ( fa, روزبه رشیدی; born 23 December 1980, Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-Irish avant-garde filmmaker and founder of Experimental Film Society. Since 2000, Rashidi produced experimental feature films and numerous volumes ...

that tells the visual bond between nostalgia and physical reality, the liquid phase produced by the condensation of Stream of consciousness will evolve through the film and manifests itself using images and sounds. Strand is a personal journey in memory and time using human models, landscapes and cityscapes of Iran in order to explore the emotion hidden in past and future.

Production

Rashidi made this film with no/low budget over a three months period in summer 2008. Shot in stark black and white, the film deals with images of love, friendship, separation, loneliness and isolation; a "strand" of life in modern-day Iran. The usage of Direct Cinema and cinéma vérité techniques, non-diegetic sound, Super 8mm, stock footage and heavily manipulative editing are the common stylistic styles that shapes Strand.

Reception

''Strand'' premiered in Short Film Corner of

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...

(May 2009 Cannes - France). Shortlisted for Culture Unplugged filMedia platform, Culture Unplugged (Online Festival) efforts are focused on enabling networks of socially & spiritually conscious content and its creators. With presence in India, US, UK, Indonesia and New Zealand. The film "Strand – 2008" remained at this venue for 6 months (180 days).

References

External links

* *
Strand
' on

Mubi (website) Mubi (; stylized as MUBI; The Auteurs before 2010) is a global curated film Streaming service provider, streaming platform, production company and film distributor. Mubi produces and theatrically distributes films by emerging and established film ...

2009 films Films set in Iran Iranian avant-garde and experimental films Iranian black-and-white films Iranian short films 2009 short films 2000s avant-garde and experimental films 2000s English-language films {{experimental-film-stub