Female Iranian Director Milani to Make War Movie

Renowned female Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter Tahmineh Milani is planning to make a war movie about Iran’s sacred defense against Iraq's invasion in 1980s.

In the form of a national and patriotic epic, Milani’s new project titled Too Loud Solitude will focus on the early days of Iran-Iraq war in the Iranian southern city of Khorramshahr.

Iraq's executed dictator Saddam Hussein invaded Iran on September 22, 1980 in a war that lasted for eight years.

The 35mm movie, which is Milani’s 12th screen production, will be produced by her husband Mohammad Nikbin.

Born in 1960 in Tabriz, Milani usually adopts melodramatic style in her productions and focuses on gender issues, where the feminine characters become the subject of intense oppression and discrimination.

As one of Iran's most talented women directors, screenwriters and producers, Milani has swept numerous awards in international film festivals.

She won the awards for Best director, Best film and Best screenplay at the 51st Asia Pacific Film Festival for her Unwanted Woman in 2006.

She has also received the Grand Prix 'Cinéma Tout Ecran', Geneva Cinema Tout Ecran for The Fifth Reaction in 2003 and the Best Artistic Contribution prize of the 25th Cairo International Film Festival for The Hidden Half in 2001.

Milani's latest production One of We Two was screened at the 34th edition of Mill Valley International film festival (MVFF) in the US in October, 2011. Children of Divorce (1989) and Two Women (1999), are also among Milani's better-known works.