Talking Youth - German/Iranian Exchange / 8 short documentaries)

2016, Documentary, 16 min. / D: Jan Mocka, P: Marie-Luise Scharf & Josphine Weyreuther, Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF & Sureh University

Tehran, Iran While young Farzane is working day and night for a modern taxi Start-Up, the older taxi driver Mr. Safari is driving for decades through the densely driven city. He has nothing left to lose or to win and does not see any career prospects for him. On the other hand Farzane wants to overcome the chaotic traffic of Tehran developing the app and to be part of a positive Changing in Iran. In Tehran taxis are the most important and daily form of transportation. The Film portrays two Generations, who are working in different forms in "Taxi City" to make their living.

Background: The project titled “Talking Youth” has been coordinated by Sureh University in Tehran and the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf in Germany.

Its aim was to produce eight short documentary films directed by eight Iranian and German students of filmmaking in a joint project.