Film Information
Storyline
This documentary is about the life of “Habibeh”, a self-taught painter who, according to her, has created 4000 works with her special tools and techniques during seven years. For “Habibeh”, art is a medium to endure the imposed and unwanted sufferings of her life. Habibeh’s works had not been widely displayed until the making of this film.
Crew
| Director | Maryam Sepehri |
| Producer | Maryam Sepehri, Payman Fotovat Ahmadi, Anita Alkhas |
| Researcher | Maryam Sepehri |
| Writer | Maryam Sepehri |
| Cinematographer | Mohsen Nazari Khakshoor |
| Editor | Arash Zahedi Asl |
| Composer | Hamed Malek |
Awards and Honors
| Thicker Than Paint |
Achievement in Filmmaking award |
Stony Brook Film Festival, NY, USA |
2015 |
| Thicker Than Paint |
Official Selection |
Fajr Visual Art Festival, Iran |
2015 |
| Thicker Than Paint |
Nominated for The Best Director/ mid–Length Documentary Film |
8th Iran Intl. Documentary Film Festival (Cinema Verite) |
2014 |
| Thicker Than Paint |
Nominated for The Best Mid-Length Documentary Film |
16th Iran Cinema Fest |
2014 |
| Thicker Than Paint |
Nominated for The Best Director/ Mid-Length Documentary Film |
16th Iran Cinema Fest | 2014 |
| Thicker Than Paint |
Nominated for The Best Original Music Score |
16th Iran Cinema Fest | 2014 |
| Thicker Than Paint |
Winner of Special Cream City Cinema Jury Prize |
Milwaukee Film Festival, Wisconsin, USA | 2013 |
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