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AND, TOWARDS HAPPY ALLEYS
AND, TOWARDS HAPPY ALLEYS
SREEMOYEE SINGH
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AND, TOWARDS HAPPY ALLEYS
AND, TOWARDS HAPPY ALLEYS
SREEMOYEE SINGH
Country
INDIA
language
ENGLISH | FARSI
2023 year
75 Minutes

SCHEDULE

01.03.2024 / 10:40 AM/ Audi 11 PVR INOX ORION MALL

Synopsis

Fascinated by Iran’s film culture and the poetry of the feminist poet Forough Farrokhzad, Indian filmmaker Sreemoyee Singh sets out in search of the protagonists of Iranian cinema. The numerous interviews she conducts over a period of six years with filmmakers Jafar Panahi, Mohammad Shirvani, and human rights activist Nasrin Sotudeh, among others, show the precarious situation in which critics of the regime find themselves, including the constant threat of imprisonment and being banned from practicing their profession. And Towards Happy Alleys is a passionate declaration of love for the cinema and poetry of Iran, which also provides a frank view of daily life, and bears witness to a fearless generation raising its voice and implacably demanding its civil liberties.

Producer(s) or Production Company: Sreemoyee Singh
Screenplay: Sreemoyee Singh
Director of Photography: Sreemoyee Singh
Editor: Joydip Das, Pradyatan Bera
Music: Majdy
Sound: Anirban Borthakur
Cast: Jafar Panahi, Nasrin Soutodeh, Jinous Nazokkar, Farhad Kheradmand
Awards - Winner: NA
Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection: Berlin IFF (Panorama Audience Award ), Buenos Aires IF of Independent Cinema (Best Film - International Competition )
Director's Biography
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SREEMOYEE SINGH

Sreemoyee is a filmmaker and producer from Kolkata, India. She completed her PhD on “The Exiled Filmmaker in Post-Revolution Iran” from Jadavpur University in 2022. Her interest in Iranian cinema and poetry led her to travel to Iran between 2015 and 2019. This journey led to the filming of her first feature-length documentary, And Towards Happy Alleys (Be Kucheye Khoshbakht), and learning Persian from the Dehkhoda Lexicon Institute and Center for Persian Studies in Tehran. Her in-depth research about the cinema of Iran and knowledge of Persian gave her unique access to Iranian filmmakers, artists, activists, and women who are otherwise wary of interaction with foreign media. Sreemoyee has also worked as a Professor of Film Studies at St. Joseph’s University, Bangalore, and a Guest Lecturer at New York University, Abu Dhabi (NYUAD).