Iranian of the Day

Influenced by his Iranian and English origins, Rafi Pitts began his career as a filmmaker in London in 1991 with the short film In exile. He then returned to his roots with his first feature, The Fifth Season (1997), which represented Iran at the Venice Festival. In 2003, Locarno screened his Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty from the Janine Bazin and André S. Labarthe series Cinéma, de notre temps. This year his Zemastan (It's Winter) was presented in competition at Berlin Festival.