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Director Ghasideh Golmakani regularly curates short film programs for the Iranian film festival in Cologne Visions of Iran, mainly by female filmmakers.
The current gender-mixed selection provides insights into different regions, social milieus and narrative styles, following small and large protagonists. Most of the films deal with gender issues and are often poetic, ironic and playful: the harassed emergency doctor, the film casting and the boy without a bathroom.

Followed by a discussion with the curator!

The following films will be shown:

And Next Year, When Spring
Drama IR 2023 18 min
D: Saied Asadi, Mehdi Boroumand
Screenplay: Sahar Sotoodeh
Yazdan is arrested; his daughter has an important exam and is looking for someone in the village to look after her little brother Yazdan.

Emergency
Drama IR 2020 15 min
D: Maryam Esmikhani
A friendly emergency doctor takes care of seven-year-old Nazanin's mother, and she tries to tell him a secret.

Years Unveiled
Animation IR 2025 2 min
D: Farzaneh Omidvarnia
In a silent gesture of self-liberation, Derakhshandeh Khanum takes off her headscarf - and reclaims her identity, past and zest for life.

Almost Intangible
Drama IR 2024 8 min
D: Taraneh Esmailian
An elderly couple is asked to improvise at a film casting. This changes their relationship.

A Happy Ending for Mrs. A.
Drama IR 2024 7 min
D: Aida Rezaei
Mrs. A. has a child from a forced marriage. Now she loves a man who is facing similar challenges. A decision has to be made.

The Address
Experimental IR 2024 10 min
D: Raha Rahbari
A poetic approach to the final scene of a legendary film classic: Abbas Kiarostami's "Close up", with Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Hossein Sabzian.

Peek
Drama IR 2024 11 min
D: Sina Ghasemi
The bathroom at home is broken: Ali goes to the neighbors to take a bath. And the boy loves to look at women.