We see footage of the Green Movement, a wave of protests in Iran that began in the summer of 2009, in response to the presidential election fraud in favor of the incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Director(s): Mohammadreza Farzad & Pegah Ahangarani | 2025 | 15 Min.
Language: Persian with English subtitles
Country: Iran

Screenings and tickets

Sunday 16 August 2026, 17:00

Saturday 15 August 2026, 15:00

Director(s)

Mohammadreza Farzad (born 1978) is a poet, literary translator, and filmmaker. His career in documentary film started with “Into Thin Air” (2011) and “Blames and Flames” (2012). Both short films premiered at Berlinale Forum Expanded. Farzad has been a PhD student at the Film Factory headed by the legendary Hungarian auteur Béla Tarr. He is currently working on his first feature film “A Gaze Long into the Abyss”.

Pegah Ahangarani is a prominent Iranian filmmaker and actress with a career spanning over three decades. Following her performance in The Girl in the Sneakers (1999) and a filmography of over 40 feature films, Ahangarani expanded her practice into documentary filmmaking alongside her acting. Her films have received critical acclaim and garnered prestigious awards at international festivals.