ROYA AND OMID
The United Kingdom, 2006, 16 min
Elhum Shakerifar
29.01.2010 19:25
‘Roya and Omid’ is an exploration of transsexuality in Iran. Bardia, a young female-to-male transsexual reflects on his childhood spent in the wrong body, when he was known as Roya (‘dream’ in Persian), but wished to be Omid (‘hope’ in Persian). His narrative is crossed the insightful comments of several male-to-female transsexuals in Iran – Donya, Handry, Leila and Shirin, who have to endure the daily scorn of society in their new roles as women.
Language of dialogues: Persian, English
Language of subtitles: English
In Berlin, young self-employed workers live the alternative to a nine-to-five job – low rents and space for creative ideas are still available. A sewing café owner, a freelance journalist and two contemporary dancers give insights in theirs live styles and tell about their independent work. The protagonists are not only part of berlin´s creative class buut they also represent a part of well-educatted generation, who struggles between job insecurity and th wish of self-realization.
Thanks this movie you can entry into the daily lives of Goluboies inhabitans.The village of Goluboie is original village in Moldova where Czechs live. They setteled this part of southern Moldova in the second half of 19th century. During the summer of 2006 the village had 130 inhabittans of Czech nationality.Movie shoes their daily routine and life style which is mainly based on agriculture (bee-keeping, breeding of domestic animals etc.). On the other hand you can meet with 150 years old original Czech brass band, deeply connected with this village.One of the topics is also question of Czech identity. Which factors have impact of the identity? Is it Czech language or origin of their ancestors?