Mother is a Natural Sinner

霍达是一位在德国的伊朗难民，与男友哈迪同居。
一次意外怀孕让她开始反思社会中普遍存在的性别角色观念，并公开挑战当下界定女性身体和母性的父权社会规范。

Hoda, an Iranian refugee woman, lives in exile in Germany with her boyfriend, Hadi.
Due to an unexpected pregnancy, Hoda starts to examine common beliefs regarding gender roles in a relationship and openly challenges the current patriarchal social norms surrounding feminine bodies and motherhood.

导演：霍达·塔赫里、鲍里斯·哈吉亚
编剧：霍达·塔赫里、鲍里斯·哈吉亚
主演：哈迪·汗詹普尔、霍达·塔赫里、贾汉多赫特·萨法里安
制片人：马克西米利安·菲尔德坎普
摄影：塞尔玛·冯·波尔海姆
类型：剧情短片
时长：15分钟
完成时间：2024年
对白语言：波斯语、德语
地区：德国
制作机构：德国柏林电影电视学院

Director: Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija
Screenwriter: Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija
Cast: Hadi Khanjanpour, Hoda Taheri, Jahandokht Safarian
Producer: Maximilian Feldkamp
Cinematographer: Selma von Polheim
Genre: Narrative short film
Length: 15 min
Year: 2024
Dialogue: Farsi, German
Region: Germany
Production Company: Deutsche Film – und Fernsehakademie Berlin

霍达·塔赫里是一位定居柏林的伊朗电影人。
她的首部短片《整天祈祷的母亲》荣获2022年洛迦诺电影节特别提及，并入围德国短片电影奖。
第二部短片《像是母亲在那一夜哭泣》于2023年洛迦诺电影节首映。
她的首部长片《我将双手栽进花园》与鲍里斯·哈吉亚联合执导，目前处于开发阶段，并入选2023年洛迦诺电影节驻留计划。

Hoda Taheri is an Iranian filmmaker based in Berlin.
Her first short film, Mother Prays All Day Long, won a Special Mention at the Locarno Film Festival 2022 and was nominated for the German Short Film Award.
Her second short film, As If Mother Cried That Night, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival 2023.
Her debut feature film, I’ll Plant My Hands in the Garden, is currently in development. It is a co-direction project with Boris Hadžija, which was selected for the Locarno Residency 2023.

鲍里斯·哈吉亚是一位塞尔维亚电影制作人及音乐家，出生于南斯拉夫，现居柏林。
其近期作品包括：《像是母亲在那一夜哭泣》（2023年洛迦诺电影节世界首映），担任联合编剧及剪辑；《南斯拉夫运输》（2023年鹿特丹国际电影节世界首映），担任编剧及导演；以及《整天祈祷的母亲》（2022年洛迦诺电影节世界首映），担任制片人。
他曾获德国短片电影奖提名。
他与霍达·塔赫里联合执导的首部长片《我将双手栽进花园》入选2023年洛迦诺电影节驻留计划。

Boris Hadžija is a Serbian filmmaker and musician, born in Yugoslavia and currently living in Berlin.
His most recent works include the film As If Mother Cried That Night (World Premiere, Locarno Film Festival 2023), as co-writer and editor; Yugotransport (World Premiere, International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023), as writer and director; and Mother Prays All Day Long (World Premiere, Locarno Film Festival 2022), as producer.
He was nominated for the German Short Film Award.
His debut feature film, I’ll Plant My Hands in the Garden, a co-direction project with Hoda Taheri, was selected for the Locarno Residency 2023.

《母亲的原罪》探讨“家庭”作为一种社会建构和生存方式，如何在西方或非西方社会中，都被强加于个体之上。

在严苛的社会规范之下，家庭的意义何在？异性恋范式的思维如何影响家庭结构的设计与个体的性别认同？“何为家庭”的定义既是个人的选择，也是政治的命题——个体的决定会反过来影响社会规范，塑造社会形态。

我们不断模糊虚构与自传的界限，试图以真实的创伤与记忆为基地，构建一种诗意的叙事。
借此，我们希望展现“家庭”在不同语境下所具有的复杂与多重的情感维度。

Mother is a Natural Sinner explores “family” as a construct and way of living that each society, Western or non-Western, prescribes to the individuals.

What does family mean in the context of restrictive social norms? How do heteronormative ideas influence the designs of family structures and the sexual identities of individuals? Although deciding what family means should be a personal choice, it also becomes a political one, as decisions of individuals influence social norms and shape our societies.

By constantly blurring the line between the fictional and the autobiographical, we attempt to use our real-life experiences of trauma and memory to create a poetic narrative.

By doing this, we hope to show the complex and emotional layers of what family can mean in different contexts.