WinnersCinema Iran 2024
This event is in the past.
Cinema Iran 2024 opens with the German premiere of Scottish-Iranian filmmaker Hassan Nazer’s “Winners”. The film tells the story of Yahya, who fled Afghanistan with his mother, and his girlfriend Leyla. Now living in Iran, the two children find a gilded statuette on a dusty street. They decide to track down its rightful owner and return the statue.
This event is in the past.
Cinema Iran 2024 opens with the German premiere of Scottish-Iranian filmmaker Hassan Nazer’s “Winners”. The film tells the story of Yahya, who fled Afghanistan with his mother, and his girlfriend Leyla. Now living in Iran, the two children find a gilded statuette on a dusty street. They decide to track down its rightful owner and return the statue.
Winners was the official British entry for the Best International Film category at the 95th Academy Awards in 2023. The film alludes to the 2017 Academy Awards, when Asghar Farhadi won the Oscar for his The Salesman, but shunned the awards ceremony in protest against Donald Trump’s policies. It is no coincidence that the film also contains references to milestones in Iranian film history.
UK 2022, feature film, 85 minutes, original language with English subtitles, directed by Hassan Nazer
The screening will be followed by a talk with the film’s director, Hassan Nazer.
