DARK MATTER

MAADE TARIK

By Karim LAKZADEH

KARLOVY VARY INT'L FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

Drama - Completed 2023


Festivals
& Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2023
Proxima Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • IRAN
    • Duration
    • 83 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Karim LAKZADEH
    • Synopsis
    • An actor and actress are brought together during a casting for a mainstream film. They don’t get the roles, so they decide to make their own film instead. This will be a movie which defies the censorship rules, a film in which anything goes, and its makers won’t be held back by anything or anyone. The pair become a threesome when they get hold of a cameraman and director named Ziya, and the enchanting adventure can now begin. A burglary (the movie has to be financed somehow) marks the start of not only the shoot, but also a joyride, a game and a celebration of friendship and film. Dark Matter is a latter-day nod to the French New Wave and likewise a highly contemporary piece that reminds us why films are both a joy to make and to watch.