Rahmaneh spent her first two decades fully veiled, like her mother Elaheh, as part of a deeply religious family. Now 37, she is at the forefront of Iran’s protest movement and at odds with her father and the culture he created. This film shows her struggle to maintain the family bond across three generations, as it cracks under the pressure of politics.

Director(s): Bahman Kiarostami & Rahmaneh Rabani | 2024 | 90 Min.
Language: Persian with English subtitles
Country: Iran

Screenings and tickets

Sunday 8 June 2025, 19:00

Friday 6 June 2025, 15:00

Director(s)

Rahmaneh Rabani (born 1986) an Iranian film woman director, who has worked as an assistant director for nearly 12 years in Iran. She graduated in the field of editing, and has worked with some acclaimed Iranian directors such as Rakhshan Banietemad, Ali Mosaffa, Bahman Kiarostami, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, as an assistant director, editor and script supervisor. She has made 3 short films and a television program. Impass is her first documentary film.

Bahman Kiarostami (born 1978) lives and works in Tehran, as a documentary film director, editor and cinematographer. He made his first documentary ‘Morteza Momayez: Father of Iranian Contemporary Graphic Design’ in 1996. Most of his documentaries focus on valuing and legitimizing processes in art, but also cover the visible yet obscured and unnoticed details which define Iran’s post revolutionary visual culture.