In 1979, following the Islamic Revolution, theatres across Iran were shut down, including the oldest, Tamashakhaneh Tehran, built in 1915. Filmmaker Shauheen Daneshfar explores its dusty, decaying interiors with 35mm film, reviving a past enriched with artistic expression and resistance through archival footage, choreographed re-enactments, and the memories of exiled and oppressed artists and performers. Scented Rooms is a powerful, poetic ode to a silenced history resoundingly present.
– Fiona Armour
Also in this combined programme
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Paradiso, XXXI, 108
Disquieting, found-footage collage of heroic images of modern warfare – depictions that obscure the reality.
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Prosinečki
Archival poetic analysis of the aesthetics of football conceived through the image of Robert Prosinečki.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Iran, Sweden
- Year
- 2023
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 30"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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