Past Season

"Strangers"

(Narrative – 1 hour, 23 minutes)

Strangers features Kaveh, a young man from America with a backpack over his shoulder and a rusty key in his hand, who walks the roads of southern Iran searching for his recently deceased father’s childhood home. Along his journey he meets Abdul Reza, a stranded truck driver plagued by his own family responsibilities. Together these two strangers embark on a three-day pilgrimage that pushes each man deeper into the past.

Filmmaker

Born and raised in America to Iranian parents, Ramin Bahrani graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor’s degree in film theory. He left New York City to work at the NC School of the Arts – Film School before moving to Iran for two years to make his first feature film, Strangers. Based on the script for Strangers, Ramin Bahrani was awarded the Prestigious Writers Fellowship from the North Carolina Arts Council in 1999 to pursue his next screenplay.