IDFA to premiere ‘I Am Trying to Remember’

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in the Netherlands is set to premiere Iran’s ‘I Am Trying to Remember’.

Made by Iranian actress Pegah Ahangarani, the 16-minute flick will be screened at the IDFA Competition for Short Documentary.

In ‘I Am Trying to Remember’, Pegah talks about Gholam, a man who’s not like her father, mother, uncles, or aunts, even though he’s always present at family gatherings.

Gholam films these everyday scenes with his own camera. At the time, Pegah can’t imagine what the purpose of these films might be, but she’s happy to pose before the lens of this family friend, who she’s certainly very fond of.

It is as if Pegah, the film’s director and chief protagonist, is reading from a children’s book; as if we are looking over her shoulder at Gholam’s films of the family and the old photos. The large family radiates great warmth as we see them shoveling snow or just sitting around at home.

The 34th edition of the IDFA will take place in person on November 17-28.

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