• Documentary

Born in Evin

Born in Evin follows filmmaker and actress, Maryam Zaree, on her quest to find out the violent circumstancessurrounding her birth inside one of the most notorious political prisons in the world.

Data

Category
Documentary
Financing
Minority coproduction
Format
DCP, 96 Min
Release
21.02.2020
Distribution
Stadtkino Filmverleih und Kinobetriebs Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Admissions
1.782
Funding Film Institute
86.000 €
Share of Austrian production costs
40 %
Share of total production costs
13 %
Television investment
77.000 €
Co-production

Tondowski Films (DE, 66%)

International funding

Kuratorium junger deutscher Film, BKM, Hessenfilm und Medien, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, DFFF

Festivals & Awards (Selection)

69. BERLINALE (February 2019): Perspektive Deutsches Kino

Funding program
ÖFI
first run on ORF2 Austrian Broadcasting Service
12.12.2021
Viewers
135.000
Film location
Deutschland, Frankreich, USA, England, Österreich
Shooting time
March - November 2017
Days of shooting
27
Completion
Spring 2019
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut, Filmstandort Austria
Credits
Production
Golden Girls Filmproduktion & Filmservices GmbH
Producer Austria
Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber, Karin C. Berger
Director
Maryam Zaree
Script-concept
Maryam Zaree
DOP
Siri Klug
Editor
Dieter Pichler
Sound engineer
Michel Klöfkorn
Set design
Paul Bauer
Production manager
Agnes Jüneman, Jennifer Egen
Television investment
ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), ZDF (kleines Fernsehspiel)