Screenings
September 04 20:00
DEBATOUN GUESTHOUSE
Reluctant Bachelor
Iran, 2013, 58’
in Persian w/ Arm./Eng. subtitles
Director and Scriptwriter: Mehdi Bagheri
Cinematographer: Mohamad Haddadi
Producer: Katayun Shahabi
Composer: Afshin Azizi
Editor: Amir Adib-Parvar
Sound: Hadi Saed Mohkam
Sound Editing: Amir-Hosein Ghasemi
This film is about the director himself, who, at the age of 30, because of financial issues, still lives with his parents and blames his father for his failure and problems in his life.
Born in 1981, Mehdi Bagheri is an editor, producer, and documentary filmmaker who studied at the Tehran Film School. He is a member of Tehran Documentary Filmmakers Association (docfda) and Association of Documentary Producers (Aoidp). Bagheri has directed more than thirty films and documentary series and has been on the juries of several film festivals. His feature-length documentaries have won a variety of awards, including Best Film in the City section of Cinema Vérité 2016.
Select filmography
Reluctant Bachelor (2013), Residents of One Way Street (2013), -In search of house of the sun (2016), Friend of Iran (2023), Lalezar of a Thousand Faces (2024).