Houston's Festival of Films from Iran

Houston’s 32nd “Festival of Films from Iran” runs , at the MFAH. Additional screenings take place at Rice Cinema through February 2.

My Stolen Planet (Sayyareye dozdide shodeye man)

Using the essayistic style of a diary, director Farahnaz Sharifi traces how the Islamic Revolution changed life for women in Iran. Born in 1979, shortly after the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty, Sharifi draws on home movies and found 8mm recordings of strangers’ lives to show moments of private joy and public defiance under the regimented oppression in Tehran. 

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