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  • My Stolen Planet (2024)
    Review preview for My Stolen Planet

    Through a collage of footage shot by numerous brave protesters, she pieces together a statement about film as identity, in a country where the individual slowly fades away.

    Sergiu Inizian · 4 out of 5
    Farah, an Iranian woman, is forced to migrate to her private planet to be free. She buys other people’s memories in the form of Super 8 films and records and archives her own to create an alternative history of Iran.
  • Revolutionary Memories Of Bahman Who Loved Leila (2011)
    Review preview for Revolutionary Memories Of Bahman Who Loved Leila

    A simple tale, beautifully told.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Photographs recall a love story played out against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution.

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