Underplayed Gems

Creation between Two Surfaces (2019)

Creation between Two Surfaces poster
Original title
آفرینش بین دو سطح
Directed by
Hossein Rajabian
Genre
drama film
Country
Iran
Runtime
1h 35m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is an Iranian drama about an artist creating a film under severe government restrictions. It follows the filmmaker's struggle to express himself while facing censorship and a ban on his work.

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What happens

Creation Between Two Surfaces (Persian: آفرینش بین دو سطح) is the second feature film by Iranian independent filmmaker Hossein Rajabian. It was written and directed by Rajabian, using digital cinema technology, as was his first film The Upside-down Triangle, but this one is in color. The film, released in 2020, was produced after his probation in 2019, when he was in an artistic ban. This film was banned by Iranian government and has not been screened anywhere. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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