Canada / France / Iran / Philippines / Qatar
SILENT HOUSE
100 MIN
2022
Synopsis
Silent House is the story of three generations of an Iranian family who live in a one-hundred-year-old house in Tehran. Through archival family footage woven with contemporary images, the two filmmakers, Farnaz and Mohammad Reza, portray their family's evolution across 43 years. They follow each family member entangled in the tides of their country's complicated history. With the house itself as a silent witness, the family's story becomes a mirror for society and the family's house a metaphor for Iran.
Awards
Mitrani Prize, FIPADOC IFF, Biaritz, France, 2023
Cast & Crew
Producer(s): Farnaz Jurabchian Mohammad Reza Jurabchian Elaheh Nobakht
Directors: Farnaz Jurabchian, Mohammad Reza Jurabchian
Script: Farnaz Jurabchian, Mohammad Reza Jurabchian
Director of Photography: Mohammad Reza Jurabchian
Music by: Hamed Sabet
Sound: Ramin Abousedgh
Edit: Hayedeh Safiyari
Production: F&M Productions, ELI image
Silent House is the story of three generations of an Iranian family who live in a one-hundred-year-old house in Tehran. Through archival family footage woven with contemporary images, the two filmmakers, Farnaz and Mohammad Reza, portray their family's evolution across 43 years. They follow each family member entangled in the tides of their country's complicated history. With the house itself as a silent witness, the family's story becomes a mirror for society and the family's house a metaphor for Iran.
Awards
Mitrani Prize, FIPADOC IFF, Biaritz, France, 2023
Cast & Crew
Producer(s): Farnaz Jurabchian Mohammad Reza Jurabchian Elaheh Nobakht
Directors: Farnaz Jurabchian, Mohammad Reza Jurabchian
Script: Farnaz Jurabchian, Mohammad Reza Jurabchian
Director of Photography: Mohammad Reza Jurabchian
Music by: Hamed Sabet
Sound: Ramin Abousedgh
Edit: Hayedeh Safiyari
Production: F&M Productions, ELI image
Farnaz Jurabchian
Farnaz Jurabchian works as an independent filmmaker and writer based between Tehran and Toronto. She received her BFA in cinema from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Most of her films revolve around the notion of homeland and characters that each represent a part of society. Her debut mid length documentary Overruled about unauthorized Afghan tennis players was premiered at Hot Docs 2016 and won several international prizes. Her second documentary and first feature, Silent House, an autobiographical film had its world premiere at IDFA 2022 and was nominated for the IDFA Award for the Best First Feature.
Filmography
The Dinner (short, 2007), The House of Strangers (short, 2008), The Last Image of a Memory (short, 2012), Final Encore (2013), Overruled (2016), Cinema Crystal (2017), Life: A Reza Lavassani's Papier-mâché Installation (2019), Silent House (2022)
Mohammad Reza Jurabchian
Mohammad Reza Jurabchian works as an independent filmmaker and cinematographer based in Tehran. His works which often have a personal world are heavily indebted to photography. He tries to depict his relationship with the world around him and his lived experience.
His debut documentary Overruled about unauthorized Afghan tennis players was premiered at Hot Docs 2016 and won several international prizes. His second documentary and first feature film, Silent House, an autobiographical film about his personal life, had its world premiere at IDFA 2022 and was nominated for the IDFA Award for Best First Feature. With his sister Farnaz Jurabchian, he started an independent film company, F&M Productions where they work as co-directors and producers.
Filmography
The Last Day (short, 2007), The Last Image of a Memory (short, 2012), Final Encore (2013), Overruled (2016), Life: A Reza Lavassani's Papier-mâché Installation (2019), Silent House (2022)
Farnaz Jurabchian works as an independent filmmaker and writer based between Tehran and Toronto. She received her BFA in cinema from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Most of her films revolve around the notion of homeland and characters that each represent a part of society. Her debut mid length documentary Overruled about unauthorized Afghan tennis players was premiered at Hot Docs 2016 and won several international prizes. Her second documentary and first feature, Silent House, an autobiographical film had its world premiere at IDFA 2022 and was nominated for the IDFA Award for the Best First Feature.
Filmography
The Dinner (short, 2007), The House of Strangers (short, 2008), The Last Image of a Memory (short, 2012), Final Encore (2013), Overruled (2016), Cinema Crystal (2017), Life: A Reza Lavassani's Papier-mâché Installation (2019), Silent House (2022)
Mohammad Reza Jurabchian
Mohammad Reza Jurabchian works as an independent filmmaker and cinematographer based in Tehran. His works which often have a personal world are heavily indebted to photography. He tries to depict his relationship with the world around him and his lived experience.
His debut documentary Overruled about unauthorized Afghan tennis players was premiered at Hot Docs 2016 and won several international prizes. His second documentary and first feature film, Silent House, an autobiographical film about his personal life, had its world premiere at IDFA 2022 and was nominated for the IDFA Award for Best First Feature. With his sister Farnaz Jurabchian, he started an independent film company, F&M Productions where they work as co-directors and producers.
Filmography
The Last Day (short, 2007), The Last Image of a Memory (short, 2012), Final Encore (2013), Overruled (2016), Life: A Reza Lavassani's Papier-mâché Installation (2019), Silent House (2022)
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