85 min | 6K | Color | 2019 | Iran
Festivals and Awards
- 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival, October 28th
- November 5th 2019, Tokyo – Japan (Asian Future Competition Section) Winner of “THE SPIRIT OF ASIA AWARD”
- 9th Iranian Film Festival Australia, 24th October – 20th November 2019, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra – Australia (Winner of Special Jury Award)
- 50th International Film Festival of India, 20th – 28th November 2019, Goa – India (World Panorama Section)
- Cyrus Int’l Film Festival, 22 – 28 November 2019, Toronto – Canada (Winner of Special Commendation of Jury)
- Smithsonian Institution, 19th January 2020, Washington – USA
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 16th – 26th January 2020, Boston – USA
- AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 28th January 2020, Maryland – USA
- Shanghai International Film Festival, 18th – 27th July 2020, Shanghai – China (Panorama Section)
- 17th ImagineIndia Int’l Film Festival, 24th September – 8th October 2020, Madrid – Spain
- 8th Asian Film Festival Barcelona, 28th October – 8th November 2020, Barcelona – Spain (Winner of Best Screenplay)
- International Film Festival Wuerzburg, 28th January – 3rd February 2021, Wuerzburg – Germany
- 7th Iranian Film Festival Zurich, May 27th – June 2nd 2021, Zurich – Swiss (Competition Section)
- Festival du Cinema Iranien de Chantilly, November 4th – 7th 2021, Chantilly – France (Competition Section), Winner of Best Film Award
- 19th Inverness Film Festival, November 5th – 11th 2021, Inverness – Scotland
- 8th Silk Road Int’l Film Festival, 8th – 12th December 2021, Fu Zhou – China (Panorama)
Cast and Crew
OLD MEN NEVER DIE
(Piremardha nemimirand)- Writer & Director: Reza Jamali
- Director of Photography: Vahid Biouteh
- Editor: Amir Etminan
- Music: Yavar Ghanbarpour
- Sound recorder: Majid Nejati
- Cast: Nader Mahdilou, Hamdollah Salimi, Salman Abbasi, Neda Haghshenas, Velayat Khoobdel, Sefat Ahari
- Producer: Reza Jamali, Salman Abbasi
Synopsis
One-hundred-year-old Aslan, the head of a death squad in youth, is living with his other single old fellows in a remote village. Since he came to the village 45 years ago, nobody has ever died in the village! Now, most of the population are old and disabled men. All being done with life; they believe the only way to bring death back to the village is to commit suicide!
Bio Filmography
Born in 1978 in Ardabil, Reza Jamali is a graduate of filmmaking. He has made many short films which took part in national and international film festivals and won many awards. OLD MEN NEVER DIE is his debut feature film.
| Old Men Never Die | 2019 |
