Director: Mehdi Rakhshani
Country: Iran
Duration: 49:03
In a village in Iran, a boy is born with severe physical disabilities. His parents, believing him to be stillborn, plan to bury him. Suddenly the boy begins moving with his arms and legs and returns to life. Throughout childhood, he learns to walk with the aid of crutches, made for him by his grandfather.
Very soon he begins to curiously examine and explore the world around him.
The boy draws everything on paper he sees and dreams that one day he will become a great artist.
He moves to Tehran, the capital attending the University of Arts.
He successfully participates in an international painting competition for disabled artists and is selected by UNESCO as the winner. This success leads him to be awarded a scholarship for education in Scotland.
On completion of his education, he returns to his hometown in Sistan where he lives alone. He begins teaching art to students. He continues to create beautiful and unique works of art.
The film "The Invisible Lines" is the life story of a disabled boy who loves painting and his unique talent enabled him to become the greatest disabled painter in the world.
The 14th BOSIFEST - Belgrade International Film Festival Persons with Disabilities ended with the awarding of awards to the best films in the Yugoslav Cinematheque.
The film "Atomy", directed by Logi Hilmarsson, won the grand prize at the 14th Bosifest.
The 14th BOSIFEST – Film Festival of Persons with Disabilities, which takes place from October 16 to 18 at the Yugoslav Cinematheque, was officially opened today. The festival is held under the slogan "Under the surface", and the 14th BOSIFEST was officially opened by Tatjana Prijić, deputy commissioner for the protection of equality. At the opening, Djurdjija Jelenković's performance "Frequency of Caravaggio's Blood"
October 16, 2023. Yugoslav Cinematheque, Uzun Mirkova 1
PERFORMANCE - Djurdjija Jelenkovic
Born on March 2, 1958. He is engaged in film criticism, essays and research. He published his works in more than 40 magazines, as well as daily newspapers and periodicals.
He is represented in about twenty film books by his original works.
Marko Cvejić (1978) Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia. Graduated in film and theater directing at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad.
Founder of the independent production company Mandragora Film, within which he shot most of his films. He has extensive experience in all areas of filmmaking.
Working in diverse fields from film to video art, Tea Lukač has directed short fiction films, documentaries, music videos and showcased at art exhibitions.
Tea’s work thus far has traveled to film festivals worldwide, including Jihlava, Ulju and Dok.fest Munchen.