sea containers ltd. was a bermuda-registered company which operated two main business areas : transport and container leasing .

the company filed for bankruptcy on 16 october 2006 .

in 2009 its maritime container interests were transferred to a new company seaco ltd , with the winding down and liquidation of the remainder of the group continuing .

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sea containers ltd . ,
sea containers ltd . expects substantial increase ,
press release , june 9 , 1999 .
the regulator has told bermuda - based sea containers to put £91m into the two pension schemes of its uk subsidiary , sea containers services .
ge seaco asserts the departure of sea containers ' founder james sherwood constituted a change of control , giving it the right to buy out sea containers ' stake . sea containers believes
these assertions have no merit
.
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air sea containers , inc . 1850 nw 94th ave . miami , fl 33172 305 - 599 - 9123 © 2012 air sea containers , inc . all rights reserved .
a special topics session on the issue of sea containers was held during the cpm11 . presentations were given by nppos , relevant international organizations and stakeholders involved in the movement of sea containers .
every sunday , there is live music in sea containers restaurant from 12 - 4pm during brunch .
the mondrian london has been created at the iconic sea containers house , a former office block building .
the seacat ireland and hoverspeed cross channel services operated by sea containers ferries ltd are no longer running .
recognized that the implementation of the imo / ilo / unece ctu code , and of the recommendation cpm 10 / 2015 _ 01 on sea containers would help address the risks of sea containers being contaminated .
sea containers is prepared to abandon its gner railway franchise if the government refuses to negotiate new terms .
sea containers wa provide a professional and excellent customer - focussed service . - city of fremantle - april 2018
sea containers services has two schemes for its uk staff , with about 1 , 300 members between them .
agreed that some coordinated actions should be considered for assessing and addressing the pest risks associated with sea containers .
encouraged nppos to gather information on the movement of pests via the sea containers to help clarify the risk .
background information on the development of the draft ispm on minimizing pest movement by sea containers is available here .
the chapter 11 filing only covers sea containers and two subsidiaries - - sea containers services and sea containers caribbean . it said operating subsidiaries such as u . k . rail operator great north eastern railway - - which operates rail passenger services between london and edinburgh - - and new jersey ferry services company seastreak will not be affected .
the united states bankruptcy court for the district of delaware has approved a settlement agreement between three sea containers companies , their unsecured creditors and the trustees of the two pension schemes belonging to the uk subsidiary sea containers services limited .
recognized the risk of pests and regulated articles , other than cargo , that can be moved with sea containers .
have you thought about using a shipping container to advertise your business or property ? sea containers wa has provided many containers over the years to be used as advertising billboards .
sea containers house was originally designed as a hotel by the celebrated american architect and designer warren platner in the 1970s .
triton container sales is the global leader in sales of used shipping containers , refrigerated containers , open - top containers , flat - racks , container chassis and imo tanks .
sea containers proposes to offer dual capitalization ,
journal of commerce , march 27 , 1992 , p . 5b .
seaco inc . and sea containers ltd . to de - pair ,
pr newswire , january 12 , 1984 .
gner is a subsidiary of sea containers ltd . , which has filed for reorganization under u . s . bankruptcy law .
the final stage to shipping containers spreading worldwide was the resistance at ports due to the widespread redundancies caused by containers .
principal subsidiaries : orient - express hotels inc . ; sea containers ferries ltd . ; hoverspeed ltd . ; ge seaco srl .
with new zealand shipping container depots in kerikeri , whangarei , ruakaka , waipu , dargaville , auckland , bombay , tauranga , napier , new plymouth , wellington , nelson , christchurch and dunedin , sea containers is well placed to serve all of your shipping container needs . we specialise in shipping container hire , sales , modification and container relocation . sea containers also specialises in refrigerated containers , specially modified units , containers for dangerous goods and insulated containers .
the cpm12 discussed and endorsed sea containers - complementary action plan presented by the secretariat . the outcomes of cpm12 discussions are available here .
at its june 2016 meeting the cpm bureau discussed development of a ‘set of complementary actions’ on sea containers based on the cpm11 decisions .
at this point , mclean was using 33 foot containers - opposed to the 20 and 40 foot containers which we see today .
increasing awareness of pest risks of sea container through publication of the data of the ewg by the ippc , call for and publication of pest risk management guidance material for sea containers , notification to industry on the pest risks and possible international actions by nppos , and consideration of consistency of relevant regulation with the cpm recommendation related to sea containers .
the category “large containers” includes containers having a length of 20 feet or more . smaller containers are included in the category “other cargo” . as a general rule , the container figures are limited to lift - on lift - off containers ( lo - lo ) .
sea containers completes sale of container and ferry assets for $ 1 . 14 billion ,
pr newswire , april 9 , 1990 .
porter , janet ,
sea containers quick to rebuild box fleet ,
journal of commerce , september 30 , 1991 , p . 1a .
sea containers had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2006 . in february 2008 ( see epb bulletin from 11 february 2008 ) the uk pensions regulator issued its first financial support directions ( fsds ) requiring sea containers to provide financial support to its two pension schemes . the bankruptcy court :
had such a great time at sea containers celebrating our anniversary - lovely food , great atmosphere and incredible service from our waitress , greta . highly recommended
also in 1982 , the two paired companies changed their names and clarified , respectively , their business focus . the new york company , the original sea containers , became seaco inc . , the owner of the orient express train , property , and hotel interests , including a hotel in florence , italy , and the lodge in vail , colorado . bermuda - based sea containers atlantic , which became sea containers ltd . , concentrated on the shipping business .
triton international leases five types of equipment ; dry freight containers , refrigerated containers , special containers , chassis and tank containers . we lease our equipment through a variety of short and long - term leasing structures , which are often highly customized to meet our customers ' unique operating and financial objectives .
steel shipping drums are recommended for sea travel because they are more durable . sea freight drum shipping is the best option in most cases that don’t require immediate receipt .
sea containers reaches approximately 96 % in its exchange offer for the common stock of orient - express hotels ,
business wire , july 1 , 1994 .
gner is only one problem facing sea containers . its other main business – container - leasing joint venture ge seaco – is the subject of a legal dispute .
a premier north sea asset / operator . including but not limited to , supply boat cargo / bulk operations , preparing backload and unloading containers . . . .
the presentations outlined the complex logistics of the movement of sea containers and the potential risk of the spread of pests . there was extensive discussion on possible options :
the task force should have members from cps knowledgeable in ippc matters and sea container logistics . it should have industry experts and other relevant international organizations . the task force may consult experts on sea containers , such as ex ewg members , as required .
agreed that the harmonization of requirements through the development of a draft ispm on minimizing pest movement by sea containers ( 2008 - 001 ) is considered as complex to achieve .
a sweater can now travel 3 , 000 miles for 2 . 5 cents by sea .
agreed that the status of the topic on minimizing pest movement by sea containers ( 2008 - 001 ) should be changed to pending and reconsidered by the cpm in maximum five years , to allow for the implementation of the ctu code and recommendation cpm 10 / 2015 _ 01 and an analysis of their impact on reducing pest movement by sea containers .
jones , john a . ,
sea containers breaks seasonal loss as traffic picks up ,
investor ' s business daily , may 24 , 1993 , p . 38 .
intermodal solutions product range includes refrigerated containers , manufactured specifically for the australian market place .
sea containers declared itself insolvent last autumn , under the us chapter 11 procedure , when it became clear it did not have enough money to repay bondholders , who are owed £339m .
to liaise with warehouse in respect to booking - in containers . to liaise with freight forwarders / shipping agents on shipments ( air & sea ) , tracking shipments , . . .
other sea containers ' activities include port interests in the greece , publishing , fruit farming in the ivory coast and brazil , and a u . k . - based travel agency .
among the company ' s other forward - looking activities was the work going on in its container factories , including materials to reduce the weight of containers and new refrigerants to comply with new international regulations that would take effect in 1995 . with factories in britain , singapore , and brazil , sea containers was a major container manufacturer , producing some 60 different types of containers . the company was willing to build specialty containers on speculation to test customer reaction and was the first to develop refrigerated tank containers . other products included open - top , flat - rack , and ventilation containers . in 1993 it had about 46 percent of the specialty leasing market .
so now mclean had his containers , the final piece of the jigsaw was designing ships which could hold the containers . he bought the oil tanker , ideal x , and modified it to hold 58 of his newly designed containers , in addition to 15 , 000 tons of petroleum .
the company ' s big news in 1998 was the formation of a 50 / 50 joint venture with ge capital corporation . this new entity , ge seaco srl , combined the container fleets of sea containers and genstar , becoming one of the largest marine container operating lessors in the world . sea containers continued to operate its own leasing business in countries in which ge capital did not want to operate .
the future of the gner rail franchise on the east coast main line has been thrown into further doubt after its parent company sea containers filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection . after it missed sunday ' s deadline to repay a $ 115m ( £62m ) bond , the bermuda - registered container - leasing and passenger transport group said its sea containers ltd business and two subsidiaries were seeking protection from creditors .
many now claim containers have been the single largest driver in globalisation over the last 60 years .
the slimmed - down sea containers , although now the world ' s sixth largest container leasing company , remained the biggest in terms of refrigerated and specialized containers . it also kept its extensive hotel , property , and container manufacturing interests . sherwood quickly began rebuilding the company ' s dry freight container fleet .
“since being introduced to sea containers in 2014 , we have found them to be a very reliable source of good quality & well priced containers for our clients in the pacific islands . they have been a pleasure to deal with and we will continue to source from them and will recommend them in the future”
it took a mere 10 years for the first every international container ship voyage . in april 1966 , sea - land’s fairland sailed from the us to the netherlands with a whopping 236 containers on - board .
in early 19th century , containers were widely taken into use in cargo transport , while moving from horse - drawn carts and wooden rails to steam locomotives and iron rails . however , it still took more than hundred years to integrate ships and terminals to same transportation chain from the perspective of intermodal sea containers .
there is an ic sub - group sea container task force ( sctf ) that oversees the sea container activities . for more information on the ic sub - group sctf , please visit the ic sub - group sctf page .
in 1976 world trade began growing again and the u . s . congress returned to exploring how to tax reinvested foreign earnings , such as those from ships flying under foreign flags . sea containers inc . made its bermuda subsidiary an independent company , to lease ships , containers , and cranes in europe , the mideast , south america , and africa . the new company ' s shares became a dividend for owners of sea containers and were listed on the new york stock exchange on a
paired
basis along with the parent . under the law , a shareholder had to buy or sell equal amounts of stock in both companies at once , and stocks actually were printed back - to - back , giving rise to the term
stapled stock .
as a result of this maneuver , new york - based sea container ' s growth would be much slower , whereas sea container atlantic ' s earnings were not subject to u . s . corporate taxes . sea containers and sea containers atlantic were not the only u . s . companies with this arrangement . four others , including santa anita consolidated inc . , the california racetrack , traded as
stapled shares .
situated at the top of the iconic sea containers building on vibrant south bank , a stone’s throw from the city of london , we are less than a 2 minute walk from london blackfriars thameslink and underground stations .
chosen as a ‘blunder’ more times than any other building by bd’s sister title building , sea containers house has undergone an extensive salvage operation by tp bennett . so , asks ike ijeh , how successful is it ?
because of the ubiquity of shipping containers , we take them for granted in today’s society . but you only need to go back 60 years and we had no shipping containers - no intermodal transport systems .
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the first 15 or so times i heard about sea containers , the new south bank restaurant inside the mondrian london hotel , it floated in my subconscious as merely a working title . no one , i was sure , would call a restaurant something so bloody awful . i remember vividly sea containers house , the building the mondrian now inhabits , from the 1990s . i worked next door in the marie claire office , commuting daily to that unholy crevice of se1 . sea containers house was a bland , epic - proportioned carbuncle , supplied by the blackfriars train with forlorn - looking besuited souls enslaved to its colossal admin needs . when the mondrian hotel group moved in this year , lavishing millions upon the structure , believe me , literally any combination of words would have been better to hint at a fresh , glamorous beginning than ‘sea containers’ . but then i’m not sure if anyone in charge of the mondrian really minds what londoners think .
there are more than 17 million shipping containers in the world , which make over 200 million trips per year .
matson offers a wide variety of container types and sizes to meet the needs of our customers . our specialized equipment includes flat - racks , dedicated chassis and refrigerated containers . refrigerated containers are available with the following optional service :
a modern sea container is one of the most multipurpose transport units . once a container is loaded with cargo , it can be used as a safe storage for longer periods . because of containers intermodal transportation there is no need to discharge cargo between loading and discharge places , as containers are easy to transport with barge , train , truck or container vessels .
the year 1994 was a busy year for the company . it saw the opening of the chunnel , the tunnel under the english channel . sea containers had prepared for a drop in ferry traffic by shifting some of its ferries to routes in the southern hemisphere . that same year , the company bought orient - express hotels inc . in a stock exchange . the two companies were together again , but what had once been the subsidiary , sea containers atlantic , was now the parent .
thanks again to the team at sea containers for another delivery of 20ft containers ( this time 2 x standard 20ft one - trip containers ) . the containers arrived in excellent condition and were again very reasonably priced when all the alternatives were considered . at devotus we are wine growers , within the heart of the martinborough terrace , making just a handful of bottles of ultra - high quality pinot noir . we have quite a bit of valuable seasonal vineyard and winery equipment that needs to be safely stored away until when it ' s next required in the following vintage . these containers are perfect as they are totally weather proof and secure , without getting into all the hassle of building permanent structures .
brought to you by award - winning hospitality providers green and fortune , our team of dedicated chefs bring their expertise and passion for fine food to sea containers events , in order to create a range of stunning menus perfect for your next event .
law360 ( october 16 , 2006 , 12 : 00 am edt ) - - sea containers ltd . and two subsidiaries filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on sunday , the same day it missed a deadline for a $ 115 million bond payment .
sea containers is having regular talks with the department for transport .
this is a shared problem ,
mr mackenzie said .
in my view this was a marriage . there ' s a problem , but one for both parties .
workplace specialist bdg architecture + design partnered with london architecture studio matheson whiteley to overhaul the thames - side sea containers house , which was designed in 1974 as a hotel but ended up becoming an office building when it was completed in the 1980s .
sea containers , which has managed to more than halve its debts for the year to end - july - - cutting them by $ 648 million to $ 610 million - - outlined the terms of a financial restructuring plan to its bondholders in mid - august after completing the disposal of its scandinavian ferry operator silja line . however , the big board suspended sea containers earlier this month after it failed to file an annual report for 2005 . the company now expects to be delisted from the exchange .
with a fleet of ro - ro , ro - pax and container vessels , dfds connects over 20 countries . this gives you access to one of europe’s most comprehensive freight shipping networks , including the north sea , baltic sea , mediterranean and channel shipping routes .
whether shipping drums are sent via ground , air , sea , or rail , there are benefits and drawbacks to each shipping method .
although sea containers also was experiencing losses in its ferry operations , the company continued to make acquisitions - - including new seacats , the copacabana palace in rio , and , at a price of $ 55 million , the windsor court hotel in new orleans . that purchase brought to 11 the number of hotels managed or owned by orient express hotels inc . to finance its acquisitions and capital expenditures , such as berths for the seacats , sea containers carried some $ 649 million in long - term debt in 1991 .
in 1989 swedish shipper stena ab bought an eight percent stake in the company . that move initiated a year - long takeover battle , with lawsuits and a stock buyback . sea containers ended up selling its sealinks ferry operations to stena and its dry cargo and tank containers to tiphook plc , partners in the takeover bid . the price of the deal , $ 1 . 14 billion .
sea containers , the cash - strapped bermuda - registered passenger and freight transport company , has filed for u . s . bankruptcy protection from its creditors for itself and two subsidiaries after it chose not to make a payment to its bondholders by a sunday deadline .
sea freight can also accept the greatest quantities of cargo , in comparison of all four methods , while air freight can handle the least .
air sea containers , inc . is a packaging business specialized in hazardous materials . started in miami , florida , we’re a family owned operation , in business for over 25 years . this is your one stop shop for all of your hazmat / dangerous goods needs .
huge thank you for all your help with the containers . our new one is perfect ! ! i really appreciate it .
following the success of ideal x’s maiden voyage , mclean ordered the first ever ship specifically designed to carry containers : gateway city .
to enable intermodal cargo transport , different areas in the transport chain need to be integrated . early legend of intermodalism , benjamin outran , successfully completed such integration . creating an efficient transport chain from coal mine in 1795 , he designed and manufactured metal containers in butterley ironwork workshop , owned by him . these containers were drawn by horses using rail tracks from coal mine to the derby channel . same containers were loaded to the river barge , also converted by mr . outran to enable loading the containers to its deck .
the first meeting of the ippc sea container task force ( sctf ) was held on 6 - 10 november 2017 , in shanghai , china .
verify the efficacy of the ctu shipping code in ensuring the arrival of clean sea container through monitoring for pest contamination and freedom of soil by nppos .
sea is best for very large quantities and no rush in arrival , while air is the only option if needed immediately , especially for large distances .
seductive and striking , mondrian london at sea containers brings a bold new energy to london , blending the style and sophistication of the boutique brand with southbank ' s eclectic vibe . situated on the banks of the river thames in the famed sea containers building , mondrian london uniquely offers river view balcony suites directly on the thames . working with design research studio under the creative direction of renowned british designer tom dixon , the hotel captures the essence of the original building , exuding 1920s cruise ship glamour integrated with the modern twists and sophisticated design for which the mondrian brand is known .
as you can see , shipping drums have many different uses . these containers will likely remain in use for a long time to come .
stetkiewica , christian ,
sea ups convertible offer to satisfy strong demand ,
investment dealers ' digest , july 29 , 1991 , p . 18 .
for six million passengers , we provide safe overnight and short sea ferry services . dfds provides shipping and transport services in europe , generating annual . . .
sea containers house was originally designed as a hotel by the celebrated american architect and designer warren platner in the 1970s . however , a world recession meant the idea was shelved and it became an office block instead . it has now been transformed into a hotel by the us - based morgans hotel group
however , due to the huge financial savings of containerised shipping , these union workers were paid severance agreements and shipping containers’ growth sky - rocketed .
inspired by the golden age of transatlantic travel and designed under the creative direction of visionary tom dixon , by design research studio , sea containers at mondrian london brings the best of american and british cuisine to the southbank , offering a modern yet casual dining experience in an informal setting alongside the river thames .
pre - containers , cargo could be loaded at around 1 . 3 tonnes per hour . this increased to over 30 tonnes per hour by 1970 .
such recognition pays serious tribute to the efficiency and safety of jerricans , hinting at the role these containers would play in transportation for decades to come .
tectrol refrigerated container equipment matson will furnish refrigerated containers specially equipped to use preservative gases . these containers use passive systems that introduce preservative gases into the container at the load port . we also will pay advance charges due suppliers of these gases subject to the collection of charges from the shipper or consignee .
requested the bureau ( at its june 2016 meeting ) to consider the development of a
set of complimentary actions
which , combined , may offer some value in assessing and managing the pests threats associated with sea containers and to propose such a possible program of complimentary actions to cpm - 12 ( 2017 ) .
for six million passengers , we provide safe overnight and short sea ferry services . who are we… dfds logistics operates in over 20 countries inside europe , . . .
first intermodal traffic with containers was introduced by malcom p . mclean from united states . in 1955 , this trucking company owner invested to steamships and modified the vessels to carry the same containers as were carried also in his truck chassis . by doing this he was able to offer door to door services .
establishment of a task force ( under the guidance of the cdc / ic ) which is complementing and supervising the actions above through : providing information on pest risks and its management of sea containers , coordinating with cps , rppos , industry and other international organizations , establishing reports for the cpm and cps on progress and achievements , advice on how the sea container ctu code or any other instrument could be updated , and provide a final report on its activities to cpm 16 ( 2021 ) .
the company said that by filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the united states , it was able to avoid any one creditor taking action against it . sea containers had warned on friday that it was unlikely to be able to pay the 10 . 75 % bond and was chewing over the possibility of chapter 11 protection .
as a result of these standards we now have the 20 foot and 40 foot shipping containers ( see our blog post on shipping container dimensions for more information ) . in fact 20 foot containers , called twenty foot equivalent unit ( teu ) , went on to become the industry standard for referencing cargo volume .
as a result , by 1970 , sealand industries had 36 container ships , twenty - seven thousand containers and connections to more than 30 ports in america .
large containers : 20 ft freight units , 40 ft freight units , freight units > 20 ft and < 40 ft , freight units > 40 ft .
thank you jo and sea containers wa for looking after my entire house hold contents in your sea container , i can honestly say that from start to finish i experienced nothing but helpful and friendly service from all of your staff , your prompt service with drop off and pickup was very efficient , along with your friendly driver . my belongings were in exactly the same condition 9 months later , not a scratch , no moisture , dust or inspects . i would thoroughly recommend you to anyone .
after the second world war , in booming international trade , containers were discovered to be very efficient way of transporting cargo . many factories in several continents were building containers . problems of handling these different types of units occurred at the same time . too many different types of containers , cranes and handling equipment , not compatible with each other , were produced to the growing international cargo trade . quite soon , in year 1961 , first”international standards for container sizes” were agreed .
the ctu code , a joint publication of the international maritime organization ( imo ) , the international labour organization ( ilo ) and the united nations economic commission for europe ( unece ) , addresses these concerns through a non - mandatory global code of practice for the handling and packing of shipping containers for transportation by sea and land .
shipping drums are cylindrical containers used for shipping bulk liquids and granular materials and are usually certified for dangerous chemicals . they may be made of metal , plastic , or corrugated fiberboard and hold greater quantities than most packaging . shipping drums are much more effective for waterproofing than other shipping containers and are harder to corrode .
hi joanna , just wanted to thank you first for all your help and making the process of purchasing the sea container so easy . . . - kate bradfield - april 2018
walking away from the franchise would mean foregoing a £15m performance bond pledged to the dft . the bond , due to rise to £29m by next may , is funded by barclays ; sea containers is understood to believe it a loss worth taking to avoid gner ' s future liabilities . its £5m equity stake is effectively written off already .
thankyou , thankyou to everyone at sea containers but especially john who is based here in christchurch and was on the phone with me frequently . we had many changes made during the process from our clients from how many containers were needed to where they would go all while expecting deadlines to stay the same . john stayed in touch consistently updating us , liaised with his team and ours and made our changes seamlessly . amazing team to deal with and would use them again in a heartbeat .
gner has already warned the dft of its financial problems but the department is opposed to renegotiation . sea containers ' chief executive bob mackenzie , who becomes the rail company ' s executive chairman at the end of this month , is expected to argue that cutting gner ' s payments is preferable to a lower offer from a depleted range of bidders .
additionally , because jerricans provide very secure vessels for potentially harmful liquids , the government and private industry use the containers to store increasingly more substances—particularly when transportation is necessary .
platform containers are without sides , ends and roof . they are used for odd - sized cargo which does not fit on or in any other type of container .
by 1988 , the industry ' s excess capacity had vanished through consolidation . the freshness of produce was becoming increasingly important to consumers , particularly in the united states , and companies such as dole , united brands , and del monte wanted refrigerated and tank containers for their bananas and other fruits . with those reefers and other specialty boxes making up 70 percent of its container fleet , sea containers had little trouble leasing its inventory . but the number three container lessor in the world was about to run into a storm .
sea containers experienced its first loss ever in 1986 , primarily because of overcapacity in the industry and the failure of several large shipping companies . taking the traditional route of closing money - losing ferry and freight routes , laying off workers , and selling off surplus containers and ships , sherwood got the company back on track . over the next two years , he bought more of the specialty type containers , refurbished ferries , bought hoverspeed ( u . k . ) - - a cross - channel ferry competitor , announced plans to launch an express train service from thailand through malaysia to singapore , and began building residential housing on real estate around the company ' s u . k . ports .
sea containers , which has $ 650m debts and is in restructuring talks with its lenders , insisted the
control and operations of gner are not affected by the chapter 11 filings
. gner was
not in breach of any of its franchise commitments
, it said , while its lines of credit were
ring - fenced
from its parent .
during 1992 , in what may have been a defense against another takeover attempt , sea containers announced a dual capitalization proposal . it would issue two classes of common shares , with class a paying higher cash dividends but allotted fewer voting rights . the proposal would allow the company to increase the number of shares it was authorized to issue , giving it greater financial flexibility .
bermuda - based sea containers admits it offered too much when it agreed last year to pay £1 . 3bn to renew the gner franchise to operate the east coast london to edinburgh line . rivals offered no more than £1bn and the problems facing the train operator mean it is likely to attract significantly lower offers if the department for transport is forced to seek new operators .
most cps were in favour of moving the standard to pending as they felt more time was required to assess and address the potential pest risk with the tools available ( e . g . ctu code , cpm recommendation on sea containers ) . other cps felt that the ctu code was a useful tool but an ispm would be complementary in providing nppos with guidance on monitoring .
samskip is a global logistics company , offering transport and related services by land , sea , rail and air . you will keep the port system up - to - date with current . . .
in the research of finnish university of jyväskylä , estimated quantity of cargo worthy containers is around 30million pcs in the world . these units are doing about 150 million cargo transports annually .
arrange haulage / collection of goods or containers . multi - modal – ocean export / air export / cross trades . dealing with air and ocean export and cross trade . . .
during the vietnamese war the us government were looking for a way to ship goods more efficiently and were pushing for standardisation . mclean’s sealand industries were still using 33 foot containers whereas industry rival matson’s were using 24 foot containers . mclean agreed to release his patent of the revolutionary shipping container corner posts ( vital to its strength and stacking ) and several standards were agreed .
vehicle shipments matson carries thousands of autos , trucks , buses , and tractors every year . vehicles are transported in specially designed auto frames , in containers , or in secure garage stowage .
specific dimensions and capacity of platform containers may vary depending on the container manufacturer , the age of the container and the container owner . the specifications listed below are , however , representative .
make moving heavy containers easier with these durable plastic iti container skates . the skate’s plug fits securely into the corner pocket of any shipping container , allowing it to be moved safely and efficiently . durable recycled plastic construction promises years of dependable use . the built - in wire handle makes this skate easy to carry . please note , a chain is required when pulling containers .
james b . sherwood founded sea containers inc . in 1965 , with initial capital of $ 100 , 000 . born in pennsylvania , sherwood grew up in lexington , kentucky and earned a degree in economics at yale . he learned about shipping first in the u . s . navy , spending three years as a cargo officer , and then working for u . s . lines and cti for six years .
the company decided not to pay $ 115 million when its 10 . 75 % senior loan note matured on oct . 15 because it was worried it would be unable to honor future obligations to other bondholders . on monday , bob mackenzie , chief executive officer of sea containers , said he was
optimistic
about the company ' s ability to reach an agreement with its creditors in spite of missing the payment .
in 1985 sea containers bid unsuccessfully on a cross - channel link with the channel expressway , a twin - bore road tunnel and a separate rail tunnel . the same year the company began joint marketing of commercial ship designs that could be converted quickly to auxiliary helicopter carriers in wartime . the idea was born in 1982 during the falklands war , when containerships , with their strong main decks , proved able to support helicopters .
it has been a tempestuous year for the company . in april investors launched a class - action lawsuit against sea containers , which had announced that it was in breach of its banking covenants . documents filed in a u . s . federal court alleged that the company failed to record $ 500 million in impairments to the value of certain assets in its ferry and container businesses in a timely fashion and overstated its earnings .
end - 2 - end modal expertise and knowledge ( sea , air , road / rail ) . each container can hold anything from f & f fashion lines to our latest fox & ivy home range lines . . .
“friends of the pacific foundation is a charity that co - ordinates the supply of medical teams and medical equipment to alleviate the suffering of the poor and needy in the pacific . sea containers have been an integral , valued partner in our projects . their great customer service and the ability to meet our varied needs has been crucial in the success of our projects . they do a fantastic job and we recommend them highly . ”
“from initial contact right through design , construction ( and change of orders ! ) to delivery of our container , sea containers nz did an excellent job of supplying us with an amazing product , finished to an extremely high standard and most importantly on time and on budget ! we are extremely happy with the service we received and the level of quality in their product , i would use them again for future projects without hesitation . ”
the mondrian london , sited in the iconic sea container ' s house building on london ' s south bank , features a vast copper hull sweeping through the centre of the building . it also houses the hotel ' s reception desk
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makhmalbaf film house is a film production company started by mohsen makhmalbaf and his family in iran .

the production company , which comprises all his family members , continues to produce films from the united kingdom .

their latest production was the gardener distributed by kdk factory .

a number of books have been written about this production company and their importance in world cinema .

the production house has produced more than 20 films in the past few decades .

makhmalbaf film house

astana – “makhmalbaf film house , ” by gulnara abikeyeva , was released by the new literary review , one of russia’s top publishing houses .
for a more detailed account of the ambitions , intentions and activities of makhmalbaf film house see mohsen makhmalbaf , “ makhmalbaf film house , ” . this article is part of much larger website , run by the family , which covers all things ‘makhmalbaf . ’ though many of its articles are in persian , french or are poorly translated into english , it provides a fascinating insight into the all - encompassing nature of the family’s artistic practice ( as well as their ability to publicise themselves ) .
one of iran ' s most famous directors , mohsen makhmalbaf emerged from seven years in jail as a political prisoner and started the makhmalbaf film school in tehran , which now includes a production unit , the makhmalbaf film house , with eight of his family members . students learn screenwriting , editing , camera , sound mix , history and analysis of film , as well as art history , photography , cooking and computer science .
mohsen makhmalbaf may have taught samira makhmalbaf how to make films , but she has taught her father to liberate a nation . ( 2 )
bbc four examines the makhmalbaf filmmaking phenomenon . including in - depth interviews with both samira and mohsen , the programme explores their reception inside and outside iran , samira ' s success and her plans for the future . preceding the makhmalbaf film house , bbc four also presents the acclaimed blackboards . producer susan kemp a bbc production for bbc four
beirut international film festival announced :
the nights of zayandeh - rood
by mohsen makhmalbaf , which was scheduled . . .
one of iran’s most influential directors , whose 17 highly regarded features include gabbeh ( 1997 ) , a moment of innocence ( 1996 ) , and silence ( 1998 ) , makhmalbaf also founded the makhmalbaf film house as a custom - made mini - studio to nurture his family’s movie projects . under its auspices he has mentored and written screenplays for award - winning debut features directed by his daughter samira makhmalbaf ( the apple , 1997 , and the blackboard , 1999 ) and by his wife marziyeh meshkini ( the day i became a woman , 2001 ) .
an odyssey across a treacherous mine - filled desert , the story is based on the real life predicament of 28 - year - old afghan expatriate niloufar pazira , who sought out makhmalbaf in 1997 when she received a disturbing letter from a friend in kandahar who’d had her legs blown off by a mine . pazira eventually became the leading lady in a fictionalized account of the story . in the interim makhmalbaf made a clandestine visit into afghanistan and did extensive research into united nations documents ( the 47 - page essay is posted on the makhmalbaf film house website ) .
i interviewed mohsen makhmalbaf at cannes , where the film’s well - received premiere earned it the ecumenical prize of the jury . niloufar pazira translated from farsi .
gulnara abikeyeva began cooperating with iron store , one of the publisher’s magazines , in 2009 , when she published the article “cinema and cultural influence in central asia , ” which later became popular in the internet . the same year , the kazakh critic and new literary review concluded a contract on the book , “makhmalbaf film house , ” for its cinematic series .
then came september 11 , and afghanistan was thrown into the spotlight . ironically , considering that time magazine chose new york’s ex - mayor rudy giuliani over osama bin laden as the person who most influenced events of 2001 , kandahar heads time ’s list of the ten best films of the year . it has been screened at the white house—rare for a subtitled art - house film—been distributed in at least 40 countries and outperformed moulin rouge at box offices in france and italy .
36 . « clermont - ferrand medallion » , the city medallion granted to the legendary mohsen makhmalbaf , france , 2006 .
30 . the afghan alphabet : »best film award »from document art international film festival , ( germany ) 2002 .
46 . the day i became a woman : the best asian film from pusan international film festival . korea . 2000
featuring interviews with steven holl , stephen mueller , janet cardiff , laurie sheck , cornelius eady , victor pelevin , mohsen makhmalbaf , bill frisell .
45 . the day i became a woman : the gold plaque for best first film from chicago international film festival . usa . 2000
meshkini , who was born in tehran , describes her family as
simple .
yet she was not raised like the eve of her film . she studied geology and biology at the university before joining the makhmalbaf clan .
“i met with mohsen makhmalbaf in 2005 in dushanbe at the didor film festival , where we both were members of the jury , ” abikeyeva said . “in 2007 , as part of the eurasia film festival , we held a major retrospective of his films and the films of his family members . ”
92 . buddha collapsed out of shame : « best film fipresci award » , 11th flying broom international women’s film festival ankara , turkey , 2008 .
meshkini , 30 , is a sister of makhmalbaf ' s deceased wife , and the aunt of samira makhmalbaf , who won the director ' s prize in cannes for
blackboards ,
written by her father . meshkini worked as assistant director on samira ' s
blackboards
and
the apple
and on mohsen makhmalbaf ' s
silence
and
the door .
my love for making films is part of my love of life and my love for mohsen and samira ,
she said .
to make the movie her way , the director did not go through the usual channels .
i didn ' t get the government permit . if you get permits , you can get film and a camera cheap . i couldn ' t wait , and preferred to make the movie myself .
that is , with the makhmalbaf film house , which has been turning out prizewinning films .
of course there are differences between our films . each has his or her own style . my point of view on women ' s problems is because i am a woman ; it ' s soft , spiritual . a woman can better understand other women .
in 1998 , he went to tajikistan to make the silence , about a 10 - year - old blind boy supporting himself and his mother by tuning stringed instruments . he also helped his 18 - year - old daughter , samira , make her film debut the apple , a documentary - style fact - based tale about two teenage sisters confined in their house by their blind mother and destitute father .
2 . the cyclist : best film – rimini festival ( italy ) 1989 .
3 . the cyclist : best film – hawaii festival ( usa ) 1991 .
10 . salam cinema : best film – munich festival ( germany ) 1996 .
11 . gabbeh : best artistic film – tokyo festival ( japan ) 1996 .
15 . gabbeh : best asian feature film – singapore festival ( singapore ) 1997 .
58 . the apple : « sutherland trophy » , london film festival 1998 , uk .
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mohsen makhmalbaf became a writer and filmmaker of the post - revolutionary iran . his literary activities included research into the arts , novels , short stories and screenplays that were published in more than 20 books .
31 . the 2003 asian filmmaker award from pusan film festival , ( south korea ) 2003 .
59 . the apple : « international critics prize » , locarno film festival 1998 , switzerland .
60 . the apple : « jury’s special prize » , thessalonica film festival 1998 , greece .
91 . buddha collapsed out of shame : « eni windows on the world prize » for the best feature film , african asian and latin american film festival of milan , italy , 2008 .
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41 . the day i became a woman : prize to the best first feature film assigned by the young jury of cinemavenire from 15th . international week of film critics , venice . italy . 2000
“later , mohsen makhmalbaf , author of the script for ‘paradise for mother , ’ arrived in almaty to negotiate work on the picture . understanding the scale of this outstanding personality , i recorded our conversations and interviews… that’s how the idea of this book was born . it includes not only reviews of the films , but also three scenarios , four articles by mohsen makhmalbaf and two interviews with him that share the secrets of his art . ”
in fact , mohsen makhmalbaf ' s film - making is not social realism , but rather involves a self - conscious analysis of how film - making affects people ' s lives . his quasi - documentary a moment of innocence ( 1995 ) is cinema as public reconciliation , a coming - to - terms with the man he once stabbed , in which the policeman himself is encouraged to direct his own version of events .
4 . once upon a time , cinema : best film – taormina festival ( italy ) 1992 .
28 . collection of works : « francois truffaut prize » , giffoni film festival in italy 2002 .
61 . the apple : « jury’s special prize » , sao paulo film festival 1998 , brazil .
67 . the black board : « francois truffaut prize » , giffoni film festival in italy 2000 .
79 . joy of madness : the youngest filmmaker on the world from venice international film festival 2003 .
5 . once upon a time , cinema : best film – karlovy vary festival ( czechoslovakia ) 1992 .
68 . the black board : « giffoni’s mayor prize « , giffoni film festival , italy , 2000 .
the revolution that freed him from prison also unleashed his creative energies . he turned to writing novels and stage plays , and in 1982 made his first film , nasouh repentance , about a bank clerk who seeks true repentance while facing death . this was the first in a trilogy of highly didactic films with strong religious themes and poor cinematic quality . in fact , making the trilogy also provided makhmalbaf with his basic film training . his fourth film , boycott ( 1985 ) , set in a prison for political activists of different convictions , continued to glorify islamic values .
80 . joy of madness : special mention award from associazione cultrale le tre ghinee in venice film festival 2003 .
81 . joy of madness : the special jury prize in the 4th international film festival of tokyo filmex 2003 .
87 . buddha collapsed out of shame : « discovery prize » , sarlat film festival , france , 2007 .
88 . buddha collapsed out of shame : « crystal bear » , berlin film festival , germany , 2008 .
95 - buddha collapsed out of shame : « silver mirror » the south film festival , norway , 2008 .
it’s a miracle you were physically able to make this film in 1999 given the taliban control of the region .
since cannes last year , samira has been graciously telling interviewers that hana ' s film is better than hers , that it ' s more revealing about afghanistan . for her part , hana - in an interview posted on the makhmalbaf family website - is keen to emphasise that joy of madness is not just a promotional sidebar for at five in the afternoon . her own film , she says ,
is apparently about samira looking for actors in kabul but it is an independent film about four people in afghanistan .
she sees joy of madness as being
about the fear of a society .
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44 . the day i became a woman : the volkswagen discovery award from toronto international film festival . canada . 2000
51 . the day i became a woman : best director award from thesaloniki international film festival , greece . 2000 .
65 . the black board : « jury’s prize » , official competition section of cannes film festival 2000 , france .
84 . buddha collapsed out of shame : unicef « paolo ungari » special award , rome international film festival 2007 .
89 . buddha collapsed out of shame : « special peace award » , berlin film festival , germany , 2008 .
96 - buddha collapsed out of shame : « golden deer » the 38th molodist film festival , ukraine , 2008 .
98 - buddha collapsed out of shame : « ecumenical jury » the 38th molodist film festival , ukraine , 2008 .
under the chador
the day i became a woman * * * a must - see directed by marzieh meshkini written by mohsen makhmalbaf with fatemeh cheragh akhtar , hassan nabehan , shabnam toloui , cyrus kahouri nejad , azizeh seddighi , and badr irouni nejad .
with humanitarian rather than political aims , mohsen makhmalbaf’s kandahar ( 2001 ) was intended to focus on the plight of women in afghanistan under a brutal oppressive regime and on the pervasive misery caused by civil strife and war between the soviets and the us - backed mujehadeen .
6 . once upon a time , cinema : best film – fiprachi critics – karlovy vary festival ( czechoslovakia ) 1992 .
53 . the day i became a woman : cine tirol verleiher preis from innsbruck international film festival , austria , 2001 .
86 . buddha collapsed out of shame : « woman & equality award » , thessaloniki film festival , greece , 2007 .
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76 . two legged - horse : the special jury prize from the 56th san sebastian international film festival , spain , 2008 .
94 - buddha collapsed out of shame : « founders prize » , the 4th traverse city film festival , usa , 2008 .
mohsen makhmalbaf i’ve never , in any of my films before , been touched by such a deep tragedy , a pain that’s burning inside me about the subject . the whole world is concerned about the destruction of the buddhas but no one is paying attention to the problems of afghanistan .
71 . at five in the afternoon : « jury special award » , official competition section of cannes film festival 2003 , france .
82 . buddha collapsed out of shame : the special jury prize from the 55th san sebastian international film festival , spain , 2007 .
93 . buddha collapsed out of shame : « special jury prize » , 14th international film festival of cinema author , morocco , 2008 .
liza bear mr . makhmalbaf , when we spoke at cannes in may , kandahar was , for most people , barely a point on the map . since october 7 , afghanistan has been in the headlines every day . what was your first reaction to september 11 and to the start of bombing in afghanistan ?
you imagine that whenever a child is born into the makhmalbaf family , the infant is expected to present its showreel before its umbilical is cut . how did this clan come to be so precocious ? by design , it seems . mohsen makhmalbaf has said that he one day decided ,
instead of creating films , i was going to create film - makers .
the decisive moment seems to have been samira ' s decision to leave school at 14 , tired of
cliché
.
i hate any kind of cliché ,
she says vehemently .
i hated school because they tried to just give you answers , answers , answers and not let you experience or ask questions or see differently . anyhow , i tried to flee from it .
by all accounts , the school offers a rigorous and eclectic curriculum , not just film but
equal parts life and art
, as mohsen puts it : everything from cycling , swimming and skating (
a film - maker needs to be physically strong
) to cooking , computer science and languages , quite apart from the range of conventional filmic skills . the method involves focusing on a single subject every month for eight hours a day , on a principle of strict immersion ; as hana put it ,
if school of makhmalbaf has one principle , that is the principle of concentration .
83 . buddha collapsed out of shame : the tve award « la otra mirada » by spanish tv , san sebastian international film festival 2007 .
97 - buddha collapsed out of shame : « cine - club » ( ficc jury ) the 38th molodist film festival , ukraine , 2008 .
the makhmalbaf family ' s production - line app - roach to film education is surely without a contemporary equivalent . fearful of charges of nepotism , members of prominent hollywood dynasties tend to channel their energies into distancing themselves from one another rather than into collaboration . ( imagine the cynical response if sofia coppola accepted as much open help and endorsement from her father as samira does . ) perhaps claude chab - rol ' s repeated inclusion of family members within his creative workforce provides the closest parallel , though no other chabrol has established an independent reputation let alone become a fixture on the red carpets of international film festivals .
hana , meanwhile , found her gender and youth an advantage when shooting joy of madness .
i had a better situation than my father . if my father goes to a house , all the people are angry because he ' s a man , and he ' s big . because i was a young girl , they didn ' t take me seriously ; i was just a kid with a camera .
though she insists that
i was making a film thro - ugh my own point of view ; if somebody else made this film , it would be totally different
, she ' s aware of the advantages she inherited along with the family name :
i was born into a family with a great love of cinema . all the time , even when we were going to sleep , our father was speaking about cinema , and teaching all the time , teaching everybody .
with 14 feature film , 3 short films , 28 books and 22 film editings , i was the most active iranian filmmaker at that time . my mind was full of ideas , and my heart bursting from the thrill of creation . having just finished making « a moment of innocence » , my favorite film , i stopped working and spent four years on teaching the arts of cinema . instead of creating films , i was going to create filmmakers .
makhmalbaf became a controversial figure when the two films he made in 1991 , a time of love and the nights of the zayandeh - rood , were banned for dealing with physical love and raising doubts about the revolution . the same fundamentalist groups that had championed him earlier as a truly devout islamic filmmaker began to turn increasingly against him .
two of his recent films , a moment of innocence ( bread and the vase ) and gabbeh , also were kept from distribution in iran after their initial screenings in the 1996 fajr film festival , an annual showcase for domestic films . gabbeh , a captivatingly lyrical saga of a woman and her romantic longing in a nomadic setting , was released domestically only after its successful festival run and a string of european openings , but a moment of innocence , a thought - provoking essay about the nature of truth , remained shelved for two additional years . the film recalls a traumatic chapter in makhmalbaf ' s youth that led to his imprisonment for stabbing a policeman .
the peddler ( 1987 ) , a film that brought makhmalbaf international attention , was the first turning point in a career full of twists and turns . in this moving three - episode film about a society caught in a web of moral and social decline , as well as in several subsequent films , mahkmalbaf began to seriously question the values he had dearly espoused in his earlier films . the cyclist ( 1989 ) traces the plight of a poor afghan man forced to ride his bicycle continuously for a week to raise money for his ailing wife ' s treatment . marriage of the blessed ( 1990 ) is about a bitterly disillusioned war veteran on the verge of mental breakdown .
47 . the day i became a woman : the prize of the international film critics ( fipresci prize ) from films from the south festival . norway . 2000
ohsen makhmalbaf was born in a poor neighborhood in southern tehran in 1957 . while still an adolescent , he dropped out of school to form an islamic militant group and join the clandestine fight against the shah ' s regime . he was arrested when he was only 17 , and was serving a five - year sentence when the 1979 revolution brought an islamic regime to power .
( corinth films ) premieres one of best iranian movies yet seen . its story of a despot ( mikheil gomiashvili ) caught in the midst of a revolution , who escapes his country’s futuristically designed capital city to traverse the underdeveloped countryside with his cosseted grandson ( dachi orvelashvili ) in tow , surprises all anti - fascist expectations . makhmalbaf looks at brotherhood by satirizing the highhanded excesses of nationhood .
42 . the day i became a woman : prize isvema of 100 , 000 , 000 italian lira of commercial promotion on the private televisions associated with isvema itself , assigned by the jury of the national syndicate of italian film critics , for its : « poetical representation of woman condition in nowadays iranian society » from 15th . international week of film critics , venice . italy . 2000
i understand you are shooting a film in the afghan refugee camps in iran . was this an immediate reaction to the bombing , and how were you able to pull it together so quickly ?
the soft - spoken meshkini is the second wife of mohsen makhmalbaf , who wrote the screenplay .
the idea of eve came from a talk i had with mohsen one day when we were walking down the street , but the dialogues belong to me . i wanted to make a movie about the problems of young girls because in the islamic religion , people think that a 9 - year - old is ready to marry .
and while mohsen makhmalbaf has long been something of a popular hero in iran , samira is now by far the most prominent family member abroad . she is a skilled and self - possessed media operator , a glamorous figurehead not only for young iranian cinema , but also - whether or not she intends to be - for young islamic women . already a seasoned veteran of the festival press conference circuit ( maysam ' s film features copious footage of her no - nonsense approach at cannes ) , samira packages herself with assured style : conducting interviews in accomplished english , she repeatedly flicks her hijab with long manicured fingers , giving this regulation covering a touch of disarming chic .
beyond its acute relevance to contemporary viewers , aesthetically kandahar transcends the plight of individuals , and , like gabbeh , makhmalbaf’s magical tale of carpet weavers , works poetically : it achieves a wrenching emotional impact mostly by surreal images that evoke the permanent results of violence , such as mutilation , rather than through violence itself . one unforgettable image consists of parachutes dangling artificial limbs high above a group of men on crutches down below , running in a three - legged race to retrieve them .
like her father , samira sees her own role as a film - maker as both inspirational and pedagogic .
because i had a better situation , better opportunities , compared to other women , i always feel a responsibility for these women . i think i have to do something .
and perhaps she has succeeded : certainly it ' s notable that of the significant iranian films released since the apple , jafar panahi ' s _ the circle ( 2000 ) , makhmalbaf ' s kandahar and kiarostami ' s ten ( 2002 ) focus almost exclusively on female experience . indeed , there ' s a case to be made that it is male characters who now seem ' veiled ' and ambiguous in iranian cinema .
born and raised in a poor tehran neighborhood , makhmalbaf’s early life was fraught with hardship and traumatic events . he worked from the age of eight to support his family . at 17 he joined an anti - shah movement . following an incident in which he was shot at and wounded by a policeman , he was hospitalized for 100 days after being tortured by members of savak , the shah’s secret police , several of whom received political asylum in the united states and are still at large .
it ' s tough being a film - maker in iran , says jonathan romney . so it ' s all the more remarkable that the makhmalbafs - including 14 - year - old hana - have turned it into a family business
kiarostami’s latest film , 10 ( 2002 ) , appears to be a deliberate attempt to rethink the predominantly masculinist concerns of many of his previous films . the film , shot on digital video , consists of ten scenes focusing either on the driver or passenger of a car driving around contemporary teheran , a number of them concentrating on female characters . for a more detailed account see geoff andrew , “ drive , he said , ” sight and sound ( october 2002 )
mohsen makhmalbaf like everyone else , my reaction to september 11 was one of horror and disbelief . and to october 7 was deep sadness that from one human tragedy we are moving to a human catastrophe . what did the americans achieve with the death and destruction they brought to afghanistan ? thousands more dead , hundreds of thousands more in danger of starvation , millions more forced into refugee camps . is that the way to combat terrorism ? the root causes of terrorism are poverty and illiteracy , neither of which can be cured by bombing people .
nasseredin shah , the movie actor ( once upon a time , the cinema - 1992 ) , an affectionate look at the history of iranian cinema , and the actor ( 1993 ) , an uneven comedy about a childless couple , revealed the lighter side of makhmalbaf ' s creative character . but it didn ' t take him long to go back to his penetrating explorations of social realities in the disturbingly self - reflexive salam cinema ( 1994 ) - the cinema verite - style account of an audition that turns into a meditation on the corruption of power .
afghanistan and iran share a 500 - mile undefined frontier and there are maybe two - and - a - half million afghan refugees living in iran . but only about 50 thousand of those have any kind of identification . that’s where we made the film .
meanwhile , samira carries a responsibility that few film - makers have to contend with , partly by virtue of her youth , partly by virtue of being the only young female director from an islamic country to achieve international fame - and who knows how many or how few will follow her .
she knows she has become a figurehead , and seems willing to live with it .
i didn ' t try to be a symbol , i didn ' t think , ' i ' m a woman and i ' m young . ' i just wanted to make films . but it happened that i was a symbol for something . it ' s bad because we don ' t have so many women film - makers , so many young film - makers , so it seems i was one of the first persons breaking the cliché . but it ' s good , because when you break the cliché , some other people come . we need one person to do something , then after , it ' s easy . at the same time . . .
she breaks off and sighs wistfully ,
i like feeling responsibility about a thing .
arguably more than anyone else in world cinema , samira makhmalbaf embodies a new spirit , which may yet have its day . watching her severe yet joyous films , and seeing her determined command of the media , you can ' t help but feel that tomorrow belongs to her . or if not to her , then to others like her and her sister , yet to emerge .
i myself had to grow a longer beard and wear afghan clothes for camouflage . still , at one point i was in danger of being kidnapped ; i haven’t discovered whether it was the opium smugglers or some other group . but it forced us to move a little further from the border to finish the film .
in addition to making some 20 films and writing as many novels , you’ve also helped all the women in your family , and your son , realize themselves creatively . and now you’ve made a film about the fate of afghan women who don’t have one zillionth percent of the freedom . i find it quite moving .
43 . the day i became a woman : prize cict - unesco of the international council of cinema and television within unesco has awarded its prize for the following motivation : « for its honesty and for the quality of vision on the woman condition in iran » from 15th . international week of film critics , venice . italy . 2000
samira emerges as altogether ruthless about getting what and who she wants for her film , not always likeably . even so , hana seemed to be under no restrictions from her sister as to what she could or couldn ' t show . at one point , in fact , samira tells hana to stop shooting ; she simply ignores her .
samira first visited afghanistan at the age of eight , when she acted in her father ' s film the cyclist . she returned with mohsen in 2001 , when he made kandahar , the first feature to convey a vivid sense of the reality both of taliban rule and of landmines . samira made her new film , she says , out of a sense of a responsibility to the afghan people .
they didn ' t have any person to feel responsible about them - they didn ' t have anybody to talk deeply , to go there , see the reality . i feel i love the people - in a way , we have the same language , the same culture .
our curriculum was not limited to cinema , it also included parts life and art . for example in sports , it consisted of cycling , swimming and skating . a filmmaker needs to be physically strong . from everyday life , we instructed on driving , traveling alone outside the country , urban navigation , cooking , computer science , and foreign language , as a filmmaker needs methods of communication . the following were subjects were also included : from other arts , an introduction to painting , photography , poetry and music , and from cinema , film economics , production programming , screenplay writing , acting , camera operation ( filming ) , editing , sound mix , decoupage , history of cinema , and film analysis .
samira’s films present a consistently exacting and rigorous approach to situations , characters , real events , society , and the way each is viewed . this seems to be a quality which , initially , distinguishes between the work of mohsen and samira . as several critics such as robin wood have pointed out , mohsen makhmalbaf’s career is very difficult to summarise due to its periodic shifts in tone , approach , social and even political orientation , from fundamentalism to humanism , self - consciousness to allegory . ( 8 ) samira’s two feature films are more unified in approach , casting an almost anthropological eye over the border regions and practices of iranian society , exploring the domestic spaces of suburban teheran ( the apple ) and the mountain passes of iranian kurdistan , near the border with iraq ( blackboards ) .
armed with a letter , a tape recorder and a fistful of american dollars , the film’s english - speaking nafas ( pazira ) deplanes from a red cross helicopter and dons a burkha . as a single woman in taliban - controlled territory , male traveling companions are de rigueur though unreliable . she persuades a household traveling to kandahar to take her on as a fourth wife .
liza béar very few people realize that afghanistan used to be part of iran 250 years ago . you already made one film in afghanistan , the cyclist ( 1988 ) , about an afghan refugee who gets tricked by a con man . what made you want to return to the subject of afghanistan , or rather what prepared you , in your own life , to enter such a highly charged political situation ?
samira ' s 1998 debut , the apple , was a quasi - documentary about two young tehran girls who had been effectively imprisoned at home for 12 years by their impoverished parents ; in semi - fictional form , the film showed the sisters ' first exposure to the world and was widely read as a protest against fundamentalist patriarchy . blackboards , the follow - up , followed two itinerant teachers through an arresting , austere mountainous region of iranian kurdistan .
of course it was based on what i had seen and knew . what i had previously observed were meals being dropped by parachute , not legs . but whenever i’m making a film , i leave a window open to thought and to what the wind will blow in , whether it’s an idea or some interference from reality . sometimes one sentence spoken on the set was so profound and so much better than prewritten dialogue that i would use it instead .
the idea was to show what a woman ' s life is like at three different periods — childhood , young womanhood and old age ,
meshkini said .
in traditional communities , girls are considered adults at the age of 9 ; the child needs to be free , she can ' t bend to the laws . i call the girl in the first part of the film havva , which means eve , because of the temptation of the apple .
samira herself is quietly scathing about the awed fascination that has greeted her entrance on to the international stage .
they say , ' you are young ' , so i would have to be old . ' you are a woman ' , so i would have to be a man . ' you ' re from iran ' , so i would have to be from somewhere else . and some people told me , ' you ' re very small . ' so i would have to be a fat old man to make a movie !
yet while the previous generation of iranian directors had to wait for the world to catch up before they were fêted outside their own country , samira ' s canonisation is happening before our very eyes , with her image and status being deconstructed even as they are formed . it ' s a set of attitudes that was hinted at in kiarostami ' s close - up ( 1989 ) , which relates in semi - documentary style the real - life case of a mohsen makhmalbaf fan arrested for impersonating his hero .
thessaloniki , greece— some day , the western eye may be sated with the sheer beauty and simplicity of iranian cinema — messages planted like signposts in the landscape : children racing after balloons , old men bearing blackboards on their backs . but not yet , and not in thessaloniki , the greek harbor where festival audiences applauded marziyeh meshkini ' s first film ,
roozi khe zan shodam
( the day i became a woman ) , and the jury awarded her the prize for best director .
the day i became a woman
is a look at three women buffeted by tradition . a gentle look . jafar panahi ' s
the circle ,
a film about women who leave prison to find themselves enclosed in yet another kind of prison , is far less gentle . if you say this to meshkini , she smiles and says ,
most women in iran understand what they are up against , what they look like on the street is not how they are at home .
. i made it for unesco as part of a global campaign i wish to mobilize to address the question of educating the young afghan kids . i will premiere it on january 14 in paris at unesco . i shot it in zahedan and zabol , two border towns near afghanistan . when you see this film , you understand that the root cause of terrorism is the economic and cultural condition of a people . you cannot drop bombs on people and kill their loved ones and expect them to behave other than violently toward you .
in her film , which was shot in the gulf , the second episode , entitled
ahoo
( deer ) , opens on a herd of running deer . ahoo , a young woman draped in black , is biking along the rocky beach road , racing against a herd of women cyclists .
i wanted to show a girl — it could be eve again — who has lost her freedom . she rides a bike to get free because biking is forbidden for women . don ' t ask me why , i don ' t know why .
that sense of fear - at least , of understandable caution - is visible in joy of madness , which records samira ' s attempt to cast actors for at five in the afternoon . not surprisingly in a country where images were so long proscribed , people were none too sure what was involved in the idea of appearing in a film ; hana ' s footage follows her sister ' s negotiations with prospective actors , watching as various interviewees say yes or no , repeatedly change their minds , or cautiously warm to samira ' s sometimes charming , sometimes downright ferocious approach .
by contrast to these films ' authoritative concision , their follow - up , at five in the afternoon , feels more diffuse and tentative , a set of powerful images and arguments in search of cohesion . even so , it ' s samira ' s most ambitious and most direct statement . she shot it in and around kabul using non - professional actors to ponder afghanistan ' s post - taliban future and to ask whether afghan women will definitively emerge from under the burka to take power . the film begins at a secular school for girls , where the assembled pupils debate whether an afghan woman can ever become a benazir bhutto or an indira gandhi .
hana ' s documentary , joy of madness , shows samira in afghanistan leading a discussion about female presidency , much like the one in her film . you wonder what afghan women must have made of such a confident foreign woman , given their own years as effective outlaws in their own land .
i imagined i was going to see very backward women ,
samira says ,
but they were very powerful , and they were changing a lot .
nevertheless , she was aware of seeing the residue of a culture of fear and , at first , much anxiety that the old order might return .
it ' s better now , they don ' t think so much about taliban coming back , but women are afraid of doing something because of the tradition .
unlike abbas kiarostami , who has seldom featured substantial roles for women in his films , mohsen has intermittently placed his female characters centre stage . ( 9 ) for example , the central figure in gabbeh ( 1996 ) and many of the women auditioned in salaam cinema ( 1995 ) represent forceful , resilient , if sometimes frustrating female characters . his recent film , kandahar ( 2001 ) , features his strongest and most socially critical female figure , a character who also drives the plot forward . one can sense that the experience of working closely with the female members of his family on women - centred films has given mohsen’s films a greater urgency in terms of their willingness to address questions and problems of gender ( 10 ) . in this respect , one can perhaps see the reverse influence of mohsen’s wife and daughter on his filmmaking practice .
in year 2001 , he released kandahar , which captured the attention of the world after september 11 terrorist attack on world trade center in new york .
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“aren’t you afraid ? ” some of my stateside friends asked before i visited iran for the first time last february . “only of american bombs , ” i replied . notwithstanding all of the things that are currently illegal there — such as men and women shaking hands or riding in the same sections of buses — i’m not sure i’ve ever been anyplace where people display more social sophistication in terms of hospitality , everyday courtesy , or sheer enterprise in the use of charm and persistence to get what they want . some of this character . . . read more
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the school lasted 8 hours a day , which sometimes extended to as long as 16 hours . the oldest student was one of my friends who later filmed « the apple » and « the door » . the youngest one was hana , my eight year old daughter .
1 . the prize of museum of fine arts , boston , usa 2000 for the presentation of the first ilex prize for excellence and innovation in cinema .
7 . once upon a time , cinema : best director – karlovy vary festival ( czechoslovakia ) 1992 .
8 . once upon a time , cinema : special jury prize – istanbul festival ( turkey ) 1993 .
9 . collection of works : press award – sao paulo festival ( brazil ) 1995 .
12 . gabbeh : one of 10 selected films by critics – times ( usa ) 1996 .
14 . gabbeh : special critics award – sitguess festival ( spain ) 1996 .
16 . a moment of innocence : special jury award – locarno festival ( switzerland ) 1996 .
17 . a moment of innocence : youth golden award – locarno festival ( switzerland ) 1996 .
18 . a moment of innocence : among top ten films of the decade – awarded by international festival directors and critics 1999 .
19 . silence : golden prize of italian parliament – venice festival ( italy ) 1997 .
21 . silence : human , art and nature award – venice festival ( italy ) 1997 .
48 . the day i became a woman : special jury award from festival des trois continents ( nantes ) france , 2000 .
62 . the apple : « jury’s special prize » , independent cinema festival 1999 , argentina .
63 . the apple : « critic’s prize » , independent cinema festival 1999 , argentina .
64 . the apple : »audience’s prize » , independent cinema festival 1999 , argentina .
66 . the black board : « federico fillini honor » , unesco , paris , 2000 .
69 . the black board : « special cultural prize » , unesco , paris , 2000 .
72 . at five in the afternoon : « grand prize from society of churches of world » , cannes 2003 , france .
75 . samira as one of the forty best directors of the world , chosen by guardien , uk , 2004 - 2005 .
77 . »georges delerue award » for two legged horse best music in belgium . ghent 2008 .
85 . buddha collapsed out of shame : « daniel langlois innovation prize » , festival du nouveau cinéma in montreal 2007 .
90 . buddha collapsed out of shame : « special award » , association club de las 25 , spain , 2008 .
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five years ago , while i had been the most prolific iranian filmmaker , with 14 feature films , 3 shorts , 28 books , and 22 editing credits over a 14 - year career , i stopped making films and decided to make filmmakers . ( 1 )
in general , when discussing contemporary iranian cinema , it is necessary to foreground the cross - fertilisation process which marks many films ; whether they are films about films or other filmmakers , or works providing a different angle on a familiar region or topic . when discussing the key influences on the work of both samira and meshkini , it is important not to simply isolate iranian antecedents , but recognise specific shared concerns and aesthetic preoccupations in certain non - iranian films ( for example , the work of a georgian director sergei paradjanov can be seen to have influenced both mohsen and meshkini ) . it is also important to recognise the connections between samira and meshkini’s work and the groundbreaking films of iranian female directors such as forough farrokhzad , rakshan bani - etemad and tahmineh milani .
there have been a few relatively successful wife and husband filmmaking ‘teams’ such as maya deren and alexander hammid , agnes varda and jacques demy , yulia solntseva and alexander dovzhenko , larisa shepitko and elem klimov , but they seldom worked together in any substantive fashion .
see , for example : sheila johnston , “quietly ruling the roost , ” sight and sound , 9 . 1 , ns ( january 1999 ) : 18 ; john mount , “the apple , ” sight and sound , 9 . 1 , ns ( january 1999 ) : 41 ; and robin wood , “the apple , ” cineaction , 48 ( december 1998 ) : 57 - 8
testing democracy , a short made for the portmanteau feature stories of the island ( 2000 ) , also formed the acknowledged story blueprint for secret ballot ( babak payami , 2001 ) .
these consistent stylistic qualities have led many western critics to compare specific iranian films and filmmakers to their modernist , and even postmodernist , counterparts elsewhere . though such an approach recognises that iranian films are not made in a nationalist cultural vacuum , it nevertheless distorts the meaning and origins of specific aesthetic devices and choices . for a useful discussion of the perils of predominantly ‘exterior’ readings of iranian cinema see godfrey cheshire , “how to read kiarostami , ” cineaste , 25 . 4 ( 2000 ) : 8 - 15
for a discussion of this division between the exterior and interior , social and inner self , in iranian cinema and a more general iranian culture see hamid naficy , life and art in new iranian cinema , ed . rose issa and sheila whitaker ( london : bfi , 1999 ) 48 - 53
jonathan romney , “blackboards , ” sight and sound , 11 . 1 , ns ( january 2001 ) : 42
adrian danks is director of higher degree research in the school of media and communication , rmit university . he is also co - curator of the melbourne cinémathèque and was an editor of senses of cinema from 2000 to 2014 . he has published hundreds of articles on various aspects of cinema and is the editor of a companion to robert altman ( wiley - blackwell , 2015 ) .
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