The Cart
The Title: Charkh
Cast & Crew
Writer & Director: Gholam-Reza Ramezani
Director of photography: Majid Farzane
Editor: Saeed Shahsavari
Music: Fereydoon Shahbaziyan
Sound: Ahmad Salehi
Cast: Ahmad Jan Mohammadi, Abbas Taheri, Shahram Zabihpoor
Production: IRIB-Channel 1
35mm, 70mins,1999,Color
BIO-FILMOGRAPHY
Born in 1960 in Arak, Gholam-Reza Ramezani began his professional career in 1983 as an assistant director and scriptwriter. He was the Assistant Director in Amir Naderi’s “The Runner”. Till 1992, he has made a number of short films. His second feature film, “The Cart”, won numerous prizes in international festivals.
PASSING THE TRAP 1993
THE CART 1999
THE PLAY 2004
HAYAT 2005
FESTIVAL
1 - 11th Golden Elephant Film Festival, Nov 14 - 20, 1999, HyderAbad, India, Winner of:
Golden Elephant for Best Feature Film
Silver Plaque for Int'l Critic's Jury Award
Children's Jury Award for most Popular Film
2 - Oulu Int'l Film Festival, Nov 15-21, 1999, Finland
3 - 12th Castellinaria Film Festival, Nov 20 - 27, 1999, Switzerland
4 – 23rd Cairo Int'l Film Festival, Nov 24th - Dec 4th 1999, Egypt
5 - 10th Cairo Film Festival for Children, Feb 23rd-29th 2000, Egypt
6 - 10th Cinema Africano Festival, March 14th - 30th 2000, Italy
7 - 5th Int'l F.F. of Kerala, 31st March - 15th April 2000, India
8 - 13th Singapore Int'l F.F., 31st March- 15th April 2000
9 - 40th Zlin Film Festival, May 28th - June 3rd 2000,
Czech Republic (Winner of Golden Slipper for the best feature film)
10 - Lucus Int'l Children Film Festival, Sep 11-17, 2000, Germany (Winner of the children's jury award as the best film)
11 - Film From The South Festival, Sep 22-0ct 1,2000, Denmark
12 - Int'l Film Festival Circoli, Oct 2nd-7th, 2000, Italy
13 - Film Frasor, Oct 13th-22nd, 2000, Norway
14 - 2nd Children Film Festival "Blue Bird", May 12-20, 2001, KYIV, Ukraine (Winner of the grand prize)
15 - 1st Int'l Film Festival for Children, Mardel Plata, Nov 1 - 7, 2001, Argentina
16 – Kolkata Film Festival, Nov 10 - 17, 2001, India
17 - 4th Int'l Film Festival, Mumbai, Nov 22 - 29, 2001, India
