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Women Without Men
Visually impressive feature debut by the Iranian visual artist Shirin Neshat. She filmed the novel by Shahrnush Parsipur, which is banned in Iran, aboPublished on: -
I Have Sinned a Rapturous Sin
Fragments of Forough Farrokhzad’s poem Sin are read out, juxtaposed with clergy advising women on how to control their lust in Maryam Tafakory’sPublished on: -
No Date, No Signature
The dead don’t lie, but the living do. With good reason: a forensic pathologist knows something about a corpse, but the autopsy has alreadyPublished on: -
Absent Wound
Transforming public spaces women are prohibited from entering into a stage, Maryam Tafakory’s poetic film depicts the rituals involved in womenPublished on: -
A Man of Integrity
A respectable family man, Reza, loses his money, his car and his source of income. What are you left with and what next? In his…Published on: -
A Simple Story, Mine, Yours and M’s
Atefeh Yarmohammadi works out her personal history in a palimpsest of historical and contemporary film footage accompanied by a distinctive soundtrack. She was born in…Published on: