Film director: Houchang Allahyari

I LIKE TO BE IN AMERICA

I like to be in America – director Houchang Allahyari’s debut short film – is intended to be nothing more and nothing less: a cheerful and sparkling experiment in order to take his first steps into the film world.

MEATGRINDER

We are spared nothing, during the screening of Meatgrinder. The director, with an extremely essential approach, gets straight to the point. And, likewise, a harsh, deliberately dirty aesthetic is perfectly appropriate for what Houchang Allayari wanted to denounce in this short but important film of his.

I LOVE VIENNA

I Love Vienna presents itself as a colourful and cheerful fresco of society, in which controversial topics are raised – especially concerning the various cultural differences and the different ways of understanding marriage and love relationships in general – but all this is done in an ironic way, through a skilful script that sees numerous misunderstandings and paradoxes as its most important peculiarities.