Seven Winters in Tehran

One of this year's best documentaries tells the story of Reyhaneh Jabbari and her shocking encounter with the highly misogynistic legal system in Iran in a gripping and poetic manner.

After a work meeting, 19-year-old Reyhaneh is subjected to an attempted rape and ends up killing her assailant. When her family finds out that the man that assaulted her was connected to the intelligence service in Iran, they realize that the hope that their daughter will get out of prison alive is vanishingly small. Although the starting point is without hope, we get to see a portrait of a young woman and a family full of vitality. With, among other things, a number of mobile phone clips that have been smuggled out of Iran and the beautiful letters from Reyhaneh to her family (read in the film by Holy Spider actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi) as powerful tools, this is truly a both raw and poetic film experience.

«Handling this subject matter with care and consideration, Niederzoll offers a masterclass in documentary filmmaking whilst telling the inspirational story of one woman’s life.»
– Oliva Savage, Loud and Clear –

Jon Sæter

The Critical Room: Iran one year after Mahsa Amini

After the screening of SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN on Wednesday NOV 15 at 17.00 in Vika 1, there will be a conversation about Iran one year after Mahsa Amini.

The conversation will be in English.

Q&A with the director

Director Steffi Niederzoll will participate in a Q&A session after the screening of SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN on Tuesday NOV 14 at 18.30.

Director

Steffi Niederzoll (f. 1981) er en tysk regissør og forfatter. Kortfilmene hennes har blitt vist ved flere internasjonale festivaler. Sammen med Shole Pakravan skrev hun boken How to Become a Butterfly, om Reyhaneh Jabbari. Seven Winters in Tehran er hennes først fullengdes dokumentarfilm.

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