Wonderland (2017) // by Parisa Yousef Doust // Produced by AS Film
SYNOPSIS
Riots roar and explosions ignite. Inside, Sara’s songs are carried into the wind of a fan. Her very pregnant mother and mysterious aunt struggle with tradition versus modernity. Through her senses, Sara creates a world of songs and stories all her own.
BACKGROUND
‘Wonderland’ has been developed based on my own memories of the 1979 revolution in Iran. I treated my feelings around these memories as the heart of this film. The intensity of the images which I have been carrying since we left Iran guided me through the construction of the structure and the narrative. In the times we are living, ‘Wonderland’ could happen anywhere, anytime. This is the reason for choosing to place Wonderland in an unidentified time and country, in a language spoken with different accents.
With ‘Wonderland’ I create a space in image and sound where the different perspectives of the characters meet to generate a new and fresh frame of mind.
- Parisa Yousef Doust
WATCH
cast
crew
post production
Sara:
Sayenna Komrok
Aunt:
Christina Flick
Mother:
Nazanin Taheri
Writer/director:
Parisa Yousef Doust
D.o.p.:
Benito Strangio
Sound:
Jeroen Leemans
Gaffer:
Boris van Hoof
Assistant director:
Joke Olthaar
Edit:
André Schreuders
Soundscapes:
Geraaas
Audiomix:
Willem Schneider
Grading:
Laurent Fluttert
Script coaching:
Intolerant Film Collective