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    Runaway

    Kim Longinotto Ziba Mir-Hosseini 2001 UK Documentary color 87min Persian 35mm
    This film is set in refuge for girl in Tehran and follows the stories of five girls who come here. These girls, in leaving a situation that has become intolerable, show incredible courage and resourcefulness. The film explores their experience of male authority, their longing for respect and freedom, and their hopes for a brighter future. The centre is run by the dynamic and charismatic Mrs Shirazi. This film shows how Iranian women are learning to challenge the old rules, and how rapidly their country is changing.

    Director

    Kim Longinotto

    Kim Longinotto studied camera and directing at England's National Film School. In 1986, Longinotto formed the production company Twentieth Century Vixen with Claire Hunt. Together they made Fireraiser, a look at the bombing of Dresden; Eat the Kimono, about the controversial Japanese feminist performer Hanayagi Genshu; Hidden Faces, the internationally acclaimed, collaborative documentary with/about Egyptian women; and The Good Wife of Tokyo in which they examine women, love and marriage in Japanese society.

    Ziba Mir-Hosseini

    Ziba Mir-Hosseini is an Iranian anthropologist who live in London she works as a freelance researcher and consultant on gender and development issues.

    Kim Longinotto

    2005 Sister in Law

    2002 Day I Will Never Forget

    2000 Gaea Girls

    1998 Divorce Iranian Style

    1996 Rock Wives(ㄒV)

    1995 Shinjuku Boys

    1994 Dream Girls

    1992 Good Wife of Tokyo

    1990 Hidden Faces

    1989 Eat the Kimono

    1982 Underage

    1976 Pride of Place

    1975 Theatre Girls

    Ziba Mir-Hosseini

    Vixen Films

    tg@tgraham.demon.co.uk

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