Beyond the Wall (2022 film)

Beyond the Wall (Persian: شب، داخلی، دیوار, romanized: Shab, Dakheli, Divar, lit. 'Night, Interior, Wall') is a 2022 Iranian drama film written and directed by Vahid Jalilvand, and produced by Ali Jalilvand. The film stars Navid Mohammadzadeh, Diana Habibi and Amir Aghaei. Beyond the Wall had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on 8 September 2022.

Beyond the Wall
Film poster
Persianشب، داخلی، دیوار
Directed byVahid Jalilvand
Written byVahid Jalilvand
Produced byAli Jalilvand
Starring
Production
company
Mehr Taha Studio
Distributed byThe Match Factory
Release date
  • 8 September 2022 (2022-09-08) (Venice)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

Premise

A blind man named Ali attempts suicide, but is interrupted by his building concierge; he then tells Ali about an escaped woman, named Leila, who is hidden in the building. Ali becomes determined to help Leila.[1]

Cast

Production
Vahid Jalilvand (right) and his brother Ali Jalilvand (left)

The film is written and directed by Vahid Jalilvand, and produced by his brother Ali Jalilvand, starring Navid Mohammadzadeh and Amir Aghaei, who have worked together with Jalilvand in his previous film No Date, No Signature.[1]

The film is said to have taken at least two years to make, and filming was halted after Mohammadzadeh, the lead actor, contracted COVID-19.[2]

Release

Beyond the Wall had its world premiere in-competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival for the Golden Lion, on 8 September 2022.[3]

Similar to Leila's Brothers by Saeed Roustayi at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival starring Navid Mohammadzadeh, Beyond The Wall has not received permission from the Iranian authorities. German company, The Match Factory, secured the film's international rights in July 2022.[4]

Reception

Accolades

Beyond the Wall was selected to compete for Golden Lion at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, along with No Bears by Jafar Panahi as Iran's only entries for the main competition.[5][6]

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Venice International Film Festival 31 August – 10 September 2022 Golden Lion Vahid Jalilvand Nominated [7]
Asia Pacific Screen Awards 11 November 2022 Best Screenplay Vahid Jalilvand Nominated [8]
Best Performance Navid Mohammadzadeh Nominated

References
  1. Dalton2022-07-29T10:29:00+01:00, Ben. "The Match Factory boards Venice Competition title 'Beyond The Wall' (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  2. "بایگانی‌های شب داخلی دیوار". فیلم‌نیوز (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  3. "Biennale Cinema 2022 | Shab, Dakheli, Divar (Beyond the Wall)". La Biennale di Venezia. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  4. Dalton2022-07-29T10:29:00+01:00, Ben. "The Match Factory boards Venice Competition title 'Beyond The Wall' (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  5. "Jafar Panahi tävlar i Venedig". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2022-07-26. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  6. Ghafouri Azar, Babak (28 July 2022). "اهمیت حضور فیلم تازه جعفر پناهی در جشنواره فیلم ونیز" [The importance of the presence of Jafar Panahi's new film at the Venice Film Festival]. Radio Farda (in Persian). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  7. "Biennale Cinema 2022 | Shab, Dakheli, Divar (Beyond the Wall)". La Biennale di Venezia. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  8. Frater, Patrick (12 October 2022). "Kamila Andini's 'Before Now and Then' Heads APSA Award Nominations, New Zealand's 'Muru' Collects Diversity Prize". Variety. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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