3:00pm
Sun, Oct 09
Guam Museum Indoor Theatre
plays with Int’l Documentary Shorts
General Admission
$5.00 USD
at the door
(cash only)
I Won’t Remain Alone
GRAND JURY AWARD NOMINEE – BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Iran | 15 min. | Pacific Asia Premiere | Persian w/ English subtitles
Documentary, Cultural, Social Issues, Human Rights Issues | GIFF Guide: Parental Guidance – some material may be inappropriate for children under 13
Synopsis
Seyed Jalal, a blind 86 years old man and his wife Bibi Soraya, 80 years old with chronic nerve disease live in poverty conditions. Their two sons moved to the city. They got devastating news about their son’s brain death. The old fragile blind father has to make a decision whether to donate his son’s healthy parts to help 16 other patients.
Screenings and Awards
Japan Short Shorts and Asia Film Festival, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Yaser Talebi (Producer, Director)
Yaser Talebi, Born in a Northern city in Iran in 1982, is a film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor who has also made his name as a creative director. Yaser is a member of the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association (IRDFA), and his films have been screened at festivals worldwide and won numerous awards.
In his documentary, he chose the observation method. The basis of observational documentaries is that the audience, watching the film, realizes that in the absence of a camera, everyday reality would have taken place – the genre seeks to avoid judgment.
He has made many documentaries for television. Including a series of travel documentaries, which examines and introduces history, civilization, rituals and traditions, ancient sites, delicious food, etc. he was as a jury member at the International Outdoor Documentary Film Festival of China OUTDOCS in 2021.
Producer: Fariba Arab
Writer: Dr. Ali Ramzani Paji, Farzaneh Fathi
Funding has been provided to Guam International Film Festival, Inc. from Humanities Guåhan and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the federal ARP Act of 2021.