Green Days

The Green Revolution in Iran shown in a film that is half fiction and half documentary. Green Days is set partly in the streets of Teheran in the lead up to the tumultuous presidential election - the green also refers to the colour of the clothing worn by supporters of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi. The film focuses on Ava, a young woman who tackles her depression by making a play. When that doesn't work, she goes to talk to the hopeful Mousavi supporters in the street.
The film was made by Hana Makhmalbaf, the youngest daughter of Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Salaam Cinema, Kandahar) and one of the students at his film school. Her first short film, made when she was eight, was screened at the Locarno Film Festival; at the age of 14 she made the prize-winning documentary Joy of Madness. In order to avoid Iranian censorship, Makhmalbaf edited Green Days in Italy.