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Beach Flags

  • Director: Sarah Saidan
  • Writer: Sarah Saidan
  • Type: Shorts
  • Year: 2016
  • Country: France
  • Language: Farsi
  • Length: 14 Minutes

Vida, a young Iranian lifeguard, is determined to compete in an international competition but the arrival of talented newcomer Sareh threatens to alter her plans.

Date: Saturday, February 20, 1:30PM
Location: Glicker-Milstein Theatre, Diana Center LL200
Q&A session to follow screening

By purchasing a ticket to the Shorts Program you may also attend the Gender & Short Films: Emerging Female Filmmakers and the Barriers Surrounding Their Careers panel following Shorts Program 1 on a first come first serve basis. 

Filmmaker Bio: 
Sarah Saidan is an animation film director. Born in Iran in 1978, she studied graphic design and received a Masters in animation. She directed two films in Iran.  In 2009, she came to France to enter the animation film directing school, La Poudrière. She directed three short films. In 2011, she began to work on Beach Flags, a film produced by Sacrebleu Productions and Folimage, with the support of  Channel Arte.

 

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