International documentary film festival
March 30 - April 6, 2025
Kaptol Boutique Cinema, Zagreb

My Worst Enemy (Mon pire ennemi)

Mehran Tamadon

My Worst Enemy

Mojtaba, Hamzeh and Zar are among other individuals who have been thrown into prison and ideologically interrogated in Iran. In this documentary, the director Mehran Tamadon wants them to interrogate him as agents of the Islamic Republic might. He would like the real torturer in Iran to see himself through the film as if in a mirror. The violent experience of putting themselves in the torturer's head confronts them with their own limits and the ambivalence of the project itself. My Worst Enemy raises questions regarding filmmaking and ethics: Is there something wrong about proposing such a re-enactment to a political refugee ? What are the risks for everyone involved? Is it possible to change a system from the inside?

France, Switzerland 2023, '81

DIRECTOR: Mehran Tamadon

SCENARIO: Mehran Tamadon

CAMERA: Patrick Tresch

MONTAGE: Mehran Tamadon, Luc Forveille

PRODUCERS: Raphaël Pillosio, Elena Tatti

PRODUCTION: l'atelier documentaire, Box Productions

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

Golden Apricot Yerevan IFF: FIPRESCI Award (2023)
Villa Medici FF: Best Film (2023)
Terra di Tutti FF: Special Mention (2023)
FRONTDOC IFF: Young Jury Award for the Best Feature (2023)
Amiens IFF: Grand Prix; Special Mention (2023)
Berlinale (2023)
Sheffield DocFest (2023)
Karlovy Vary IFF (2023)
Sarajevo FF (2023)
Visions du Réel (2023)

Mehran Tamadon

Mehran Tamadon

Mehran Tamadon is Iranian architect and filmmaker arrived in France as a boy of 12, in 1984. In 2000 he returned to Iran, working there for four years as an architect. Since 2002 his career has taken a distinctly artistic turn as a filmmaker. In 2004 he made his first documentary Behesht Zahra, Mothers of Martyrs, in 2009 he made his first feature-length documentary Bassidji, selected for numerous international festivals, at 2010 ZagrebDox as well. With Iranian he continues his unique approach of engaging in a dialogue with actors of the Iranian regime.

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