The Marriage Project

Documentary, Iran, France, Qatar 79  min

Written and Directed by
Atieh Attarzadeh and Hesam Eslami

A psychiatric centre in Tehran is implementing a revolutionary project: allowing marriage between patients. These women and men in search of love will have to face the prejudices of a traditionalist society. A sensitive and delicate film on personal relationships and the complex notion of madness.

Festivals & Screenings

Thessaloniki FF (Greece), Visions du Réel (Switzerland), Millenium FF (Belgium), Jean Rouch (France – Monde en regards Award), Escales Documentaires (France), Firenze (France), FAJR 2020 (Iran), Cinéma Vérité 2019 (Iran), Rendez-vous with Madness (Canada), Women make Waves (Taiwan), Global Health Film Festival (UK & Ireland), This Human World (Austria – Upcoming Competition Award), Les Toiles du Doc (France), Festival Interférences Lyon 2021 (France – Student Jury Award Creative Documentary Competition), Images en bibliothèque (France), Festival Traces de Vie Clermont-Ferrand 2020 (France), Fipadoc (France), Ethnocineca Vienna 2021 (Austria), Dokubazaar Human Rights Film Festival 2021 (Slovenia), ImagineIndia Film Festival 2021 (Spain), Qumra 2021 (Qatar), Rencontres Vidéo en Santé Mentale 2021 (France), Rencontres Images Mentales Bruxelles 2022 (Belgium), « Les Toiles du Doc » – Ardèche Images (France), Centre Pompidou (France), Inalco (France). Sold to VRT (Belgium), PTS (Taiwan), Al Arabiya, France 2 (25 nuance de Doc)

Cinematography
Mehdi Azadi, Moslem Tehrani

Editing
Farid Daghagheleh

Production
Caractères Productions
Aras Films

Co-production
Al Jazeera Witness

Supported by
Doha Film Institute, Aide aux cinémas du Monde – Institut Français (CNC) , Aide au développement renforcé (CNC), Agora Thessaloniki FF, Alter-Ciné

Sales Agent
Java Films