Program

Saturday, 29-July, 13:30

The Art of Living in Danger

(هنرِ در خطر زندگی کردن)

Director: Mina Keshavarz | 2020 | 87 Min.
Language: Persian with English subtitle

Mina, the director of the film unveils a family secret about her grandmother's death. Through a monologue with her grandmother, Mina shows the reality of domestic violence against women in Iran.

I'm not a woman

(من زن نیستم)

Director: Hossein Abbasi | 2016 | 53 Min.
Language: Arabic with English subtitle

This film revolves around a self-identified man, Mezeel, who lives in a village in the suburb of Howeizeh, a city in the southwest of Iran. He has ignored her femininity in his life to enter the world of men.

The Unsung Lullabies

(لالایی‌های ابوحُمَیظه)

Director: Mohsen Zarifipour | 2019 | 21 Min.
Language: Arabic with English subtitle

During 1980, in the early months of the war between Iran and Iraq, the Iraqi Ba’athist army advanced on Iranian soil. They entered Abu Homeyzeh village, inhabited entirely by Arab locals.

Saturday, 29-July, 15:30

Note: The session includes both films

Bibijan

(بی‌بی‌جان)

Director: Narges Judaki, Iman Paknahad | 2022 | 39 Min.
Language: Persian, Dari and Pashto with English subtitle

Bibijan, an Afghan refugee little saint, is slaughtered. On her wedding night. When only thirteen. Under a wall in the outskirts of Sirjan, in the middle of Iran. Now, women go on a pilgrimage to the ruins of a girl’s grave, whose name they don’t know. “This is the story of a girl forgiven by religion but not her tribe.” The murderer says.

Saturday, 29-July 17:30

Note: The session includes both films

The Doll

(عروسک)

Director: Elahe Esmaili | 2021 | 32 Min.
Language: Persian with English subtitle

After consulting with his relatives a 35-year-old father consents to the marriage of his 14-year-old daughter. As individuals with differing perspectives his family grapple with the decision.

The Broker

(معرّف)

Director: Azadi Moghadam | 2018 | 61 Min.
Language: Persian with English subtitle

The Broker is about a marriage minded dating office. The manager, Mrs. Sadri, and her colleagues try to introduce people for marriage using self-taught and experience-oriented methods, while Sadri's two colleagues, Fereshteh and Ms.Yaghoubian; are still single themselves.

Monochrome Days

(روزهای خاکستری)

Director: Ehsan Noortaqani | 2022 | 34 Min.
Language: Persian and Turkmen with English subtitle

The life of two young sisters in one of the villages of Golestan province who live with their mother and brother. They lost their father a few years ago. With the spread of Corona and the closure of schools, they are forced to quarantine at home, while the mother is part of the treatment staff. The film shows the encounter of these two children during one year of the pandemic.

Sunday, 30-July 13:30

Note: The session includes both films

Sunday, 30-July, 15:30

The Art of Living in Danger

(هنرِ در خطر زندگی کردن)

Regissueur: Mina Keshavarz | 2020 | 87 Min.
Language: Persian with English subtitle

Mina, the director of the film unveils a family secret about her grandmother's death. through a monologue with her grandmother, Mina shows the reality of domestic violence against women in Iran.

Bibijan

(بی‌بی‌جان)

Director: Narges Judaki, Iman Paknahad | 2022 | 39 Min.
Language: Persian,Dari and Pashto with English subtitle

Bibijan, an Afghan refugee little saint, is slaughtered. On her wedding night. When only thirteen. Under a wall in the outskirts of Sirjan, in the middle of Iran. Now, women go on a pilgrimage to the ruins of a girl’s grave, whose name they don’t know. “This is the story of a girl forgiven by religion but not her tribe.” The murderer says.

Sunday, 30-July 17:30

Note: The session includes both films

The Doll

(عروسک)

Director: Elahe Esmaili | 2021 | 32 Min.
Language: Persian with English subtitle

After consulting with his relatives a 35-year-old father consents to the marriage of his 14-year-old daughter. As individuals with differing perspectives his family grapple with the decision.