Ataollah Hayati has had a multifaceted career that has seen him find acceptance as a director and a cinematographer. Beginning his career in the late 1980's, he has directed films such as City of Women (2000), which won the Special Jury Award at the 2001 Mar del Plata Film Festival. Showing that he really has quite a penchant for multitasking, he took up the duel roles of director and cinematographer in his recent documentary The Brief Peace (2005).Ataollah Hayati has been a Director in some mov
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City of Women is about that Centering upon a community of women who have divided themselves from men, 'City Of Women' explores themes of female strength and individual freedom. In an attempt to end the feud between the Keshtgar and Shavan families, Khan Jan decrees that unless the children of the two families marry, the Keshtgars will be forbidden from using the family garden at Ab Ask and the Shavans will retain control of the properties. When the daughter of the Keshtgars, Mahtab, gets accepted into university, she takes it upon herself to fight this ridiculous law and unite the families by other means. Compelling drama from Ataollah Hayati about the complications brought about by the separation of the sexes. Essential viewing. In this film Ataollah Hayati collaborates with Atefeh Razavi, Ramin Rastad, Chakameh Chamanmah, Bagher Sahraroodi, Haroun Yashayaei, Abbas Ganjavi, Kambiz Roshanravan, Maryam Saadat, Pari Amir Hamzeh, Sasan Nakhaei, Farajollah Golsefidi, Hassan Zahedi, Gholamreza Razi, Negar Estakhr, Manouchehr Azar, Ahmad Kazemi, Sepideh Pahlavanzadeh, Hengameh Farazmand.
Ataollah Hayati has been a Cinematographer in some movies:
Scabies is about that Abolfazl Jalili's docudrama La Gale (Scabies) is about the painful lives of young offenders who are serving time in the reformatories of post-revolution Iran. Young Hamed, arrested for handing out political tracts banned by the Islamic Republic, finds himself in a place of great suffering, in which illiterate and penniless orphans wash floors and sell their own blood. When a disease breaks out in the prison, his life within this harsh environment becomes progressively worse, a near-daily fight for survival. The film is a searing indictment against a government that failed to deliver the on the promises with which it came to power: to deliver social justice to the oppressed and downtrodden. Initially released in the mid 1980s, at a time when Iran was at war with neighbouring Iraq, the film was an unwelcome edition to the Fajr Film Festival, as its theme of prison life was deemed critical of the Islamic Republic. In a re-edited version, the film was released in 1989 to critical acclaim. Twenty-five years on, the film still has an immense power and now finds its rightful place online on IMVBox. In this film Ataollah Hayati collaborates with Hossein Panahi, Fatemeh Naghavi, Abolfazl Jalili, Ahmad Doost, Gholam Reza Khozui, Rahman Moghaddam, Hooshang Beheshti, Mohsen Panahi, Hossein Maloumi, Mehdi Asadi, Fereydoun Borhani, Reza Rami.
A Brief Peace is about that Ata Hayati's fly-on-the-wall documentary is a broad study of the formalities, rituals and suffering surrounding death. Filmed on a single day at Behesht Zahra, Tehran's largest cemetery, Hayati observes mourners at different stages of the mourning and burial process as they each try to find 'a brief peace' from the suffering of loss. From the business-like arrangements of death registration to the artistry of carving and painting funeral stones, from the solitary howls of mothers to the group celebration of loved ones through music, this film provides fascinating and moving insight into grief and remembrance. In this film Ataollah Hayati collaborates with Mastaneh Mohajer, Behrouz Shahamat, Katayoon Shahabi, Mohammadreza Moghadasian.
Golnar is about that Golnar is a rural girl who goes into the forest to look for her mother's handkerchief which the wind had blown it away. She gets lost and goes to a cottage looking for shelter. The cottage is for Mr. and Mrs. Bear. They force her to work for her, and she has to obey because she does not know the way back. Golnar's friend, Khaleh Ghoorbagheh, finds her after a while and helps her escape the bears. In this film Ataollah Hayati collaborates with Shahla Riahi, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee, Kambozia Partovi, Fereshteh Taerpoor, Ghazal Shakeri, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Maghsood Ghaem, Akbar Doodkar, Rubik Mansouri, Moharram Basim, Kambiz Samimi Mofakham, Karam Chilan, Alireza Pooramin, Parviz Jafari.
For Everything is about that The lives of several young women working in a dressmaking factory. Trouble comes when two of them take some money from the company safe to pay for another’s medical treatment. In this film Ataollah Hayati collaborates with Malihe Nikjumand, Isa Safayi, Hooshang Ghovanloo, Fatemeh Goudarzi, Granaz Mousavi, Yadollah Najafi, Mahmoud Samakbashi, Reza Alipour Moteallem, Sohrab Mir Sepasi, Soosan Shakerin, Hashem Moosavi, Amir Soleimani, Aghdas Sehat Bakhsh, Roohangiz Mohtadi, Farnoosh Al-e Ahmad, Mandana Aslani, Eliza Johari, Rajab Mohammadin, Ima Mashhadizadeh, Mahin Amirfazli, Zohre Saidi, Safie Aghajani, Amir Maleki.
The Fish is about that Two teenagers named Javad and Amir are quarrelling over a redfish. After a series of events, Amir who wants the fish for her little sister gives way to Javad, whose father is a political prisoner. Javad brings the fish with him to his house but her mother wants him to release it in Cheshme Ali so that his father might get released from prison. Eventually, Javad lets go of the fish and when he comes back, he sees his father in the house. In this film Ataollah Hayati collaborates with Mahbubeh Bayat, Kambozia Partovi, Alireza Moradi, Hassan Shoja.
Children of Water and Earth is about that Karim Sarabi returns to his tribe seven years into the war. His tribe has been temporarily settled behind the front lines. He has been put on a pilgrimage quota to Mecca for his good services. After settling his tribe's issues, he fulfills his last military mission and takes some ammunition to the mountainous regions of the front lines. He reaches his village after seven years, and fulfills his promise to take his wife's corpse to Mecca. In this film Ataollah Hayati collaborates with Homa Rusta, Bagher Sahraroodi, Ahmad Aghalou, Reza Babak, Mitra Karagah, Fereydoon Shahbazian, Shahram Jamshidi, Farhang Moayyeri, Javad Moghaddas, Gholamreza Razi, Majid Khamseh, Manouchehr Azar, Ahmadreza Asadi, Ahmad Miri, Fatemeh Aliyari, Ziba Asadian, Sara Asadian, Shahin Ashraf, Mojtaba Chalandarlaki, Abdolhamid Hojat, Babak Khandan, Ebrahim Sadollahi, Hooshang Salehi Tabar, Soraya Shirzadi.
Other films are:
Dance of Dust, My Daughter Sahar
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