OPENING NIGHT - EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW
Iranian actress and filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani’s astonishing film traces the parallel story of her family and her country. Drawing from personal archives, home movies, oral testimonies, and even animation, she creates an extraordinary mosaic of four decades of Iran’s tragic history - from the revolution in 1979 to the war that began in 2026.
Winner of the Best Documentary Prize at Cannes, the film is the UK’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 2027 Oscars.
“A perceptive, poignant chronicle of great hopes and even greater disappointments.” — Alissa Simon, Variety
PANEL DISCUSSION
Chair: Martha Kearney has presented many BBC news programmes including Today, The World at One and Newsnight. She now presents This Natural Life on
Radio 4.
Kaveh Farnam, Producer of Rehearsals for a Revolution.
Ali Ansari, Professor of Iranian History nd Director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews.
Narguess Farzad, Senior Lecturer in Persian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Feature: 97 minutes
Panel Disucssion: 30 minutes
End time: 9.15pm approximately.