EFF

Category: EFF-23

Mina – The Price of Freedom

Mina - The Price of Freedom - 2022

— 70 min min - Documentary
Number: 14
Show: Wednesday 15 November, 18:30, Selma Lagerlöfs Center
Director:  Hesam Yousefi
Stars:  —

Storyline

The documentary "Mina – The Price of Freedom" portrays Mina Ahadi, an Iranian human rights activist who now lives in Cologne. Mina has been fighting against executions and stoning’s in Iran for decades – and thus became a target of the regime herself. After massive campaigns by numerous activists for civil and political rights worldwide, including Mina, the pressure of world opinion forced the regime of religious fundamentalism that rules Iran to stop the execution of stoning sentences. An example in this context was the stoning of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. The portrait is made by Hesam Yousefi, an Iranian human rights activist who lives in exile in Germany.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  Germany
Language:  Persian, Kurdi, German, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  —

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 10 min

Kebab Connection

Kebab Connection - 1998

— 100 min min - Fiction
Number: 13
Show: Tuesday 14 November, 18:30, Hagabion Sal 2
Director:  Hiner Saleem
Stars:  —

Storyline

Cheto, a Kurd political refugee living in Paris, has a French girlfriend named Christine. Cheto wants to get married, but not with Christine. What he´s looking for is a beautiful Kurdish virgin and patriot! Video camera in hand, his friend Misto goes to Kurdistan for the ideal candidate. Having found the lucky beauty, the marriage is arranged. But it´s not the chosen bride who shows up in Paris.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Fiction

Details

Country:  Kurdistan
Language:  Kurdish, French, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Les Film du Rivage, Les Studio Canal+, Le Bureau Les Film De Lóust Paradise

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 40 min

Women Art Revolution

Women Art Revolution - 2010

— 83 min min - Documentary
Number: 12
Show: Saturday 11 November, 14:30, Viktoriasalen
Director:  Lynn Hershman
Stars:  —

Storyline

Hershman elaborates on the relationship of the Feminist Art Movement to the 1960s anti-war and civil rights movements and explains how historical events, such as the all-male protest exhibition against the invasion of Cambodia, sparked the first of many feminist actions against major cultural institutions. The film details major developments in women’s art of the 1970s, including the first feminist art education programs, political organizations and protests, alternative art spaces such as the A.I.R. Gallery and Franklin Furnace in New York, and the Los Angeles Women’s Building, publications such as Chrysalis and Heresies, and landmark exhibitions, performances, and installations of public art that changed the entire direction of art. New ways of thinking about the complexities of gender, race, class, and sexuality evolved. The Guerrilla Girls emerged as the art world's conscience and held academic institutions, galleries, and museums accountable for discrimination practices.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  USA
Language:  English, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Hotwire Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 23 min

Joonam

Joonam - 2023 (2025)

— USA min - Documentary
Number: 11
Show: Saturday 11 November, 19:00, Hagabion Sal 1 | Tuesday 14 November, 18:30, Angereds Bio
Director:  Sierra Urich
Stars:  —

Storyline

Spurred by a provocative family memory and a lifetime of separation from the country her mother left behind, a young filmmaker delves into her mother and grandmother's complicated pasts and her own fractured Iranian identity.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  Documentary
Language:  English, Persian, English text
Release Date:  12 October 2025

Company Credits

Production Companies:  —

Technical Specs

Runtime:  0 h 00 min

Jîn / Life

Jîn / Life - 2012

— 122 min min - Fiction
Number: 10
Show: Thursday 16 November, 18:30, Bio Roy
Director:  Reha Erdem
Writers:  Reha Erdem (screenplay)
Stars:  Deniz Hasgüler, Onur Ünsal, Yildirim Simsek, …

Storyline

Jîn, a guerrilla, lives in a cave and decides to escape from the organization. She finds some civilian clothes and goes down from the mountain to the city. However, the city is no safer than the mountain.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Fiction

Details

Country:  Turkey
Language:  Turkish, Kurdish, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  —

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 02 min

I Am the Revolution

I Am the Revolution - 2018

— 74 min min - Documentary
Number: 9
Show: Saturday 11 November, 16:30, Viktoriasalen
Director:  Benedetta Argentieri
Writers:  Benedetta Argentieri (co-writer)
Stars:  —

Storyline

The inspiring story of three women risking their lives to incite political, activist, and armed uprisings in Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  USA
Language:  English, Kurdish, Arabic, Dari, Subtitles: English

Company Credits

Production Companies:  —

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 14 min

Daughter of Iran

Daughter of Iran - 2023

— 5 min min - Fiction
Number: 8
Show: Monday 13 November, 13:00, Angereds Bio | Wednesday 15 November, 18:30, Selma Lagerlöfs Center Wednesday 15 November, 21:00, Hagabion Sal 1
Director:  Massoud Memar
Stars:  —

Storyline

In the stormy weather and among the sands aside the roaring sea, a woman tries to free herself from the coverings imposed on her. She has a cage on her head, which she will throw into the bin of history and….. It is a sensitive cinematography and a tribute to the slogan "Woman, Life, Freedom."

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Fiction

Details

Country:  Netherlands
Language:  Persian, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  MemarFilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:  0 h 05 min

Holy Spider

Holy Spider - 2022

— 118 min min - —
Number: 7
Show: Wednesday 15 November, 21:00, Hagabion Sal 1
Director:  Ali Abbasi
Stars:  —

Storyline

Female journalist Rahimi travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate a serial killer targeting sex workers. As she draws closer to exposing his crimes, the opportunity for justice grows harder to attain when the murderer is embraced by many as a hero. Based on the true story of the 'Spider Killer' Saeed Hanaei, who saw himself as on a mission from God as he killed 16 women between 2000 and 2001.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: —

Details

Country:  Denmark,  Germany,  France,  Sweden,  Jordan,  Italy
Language:  Persian, Swedish text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Profile Pictures, One Two Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 58 min

Trust

Trust - 2021

— 11 min min - Fiction
Number: 6
Show: Tuesday 14 November, 21:00, Hagabion Sal 1
Director:  Delara Rasouli
Stars:  —

Storyline

She was a teenager when she went to a family-recommended dentist. Traumatized, she keeps the sexual abuse secret. About 1 in 10 girls under 20 have been forced to engage in sex or perform other sexual acts. Most often, abuse occurs at the hands of someone a child knows and trusts.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Fiction

Details

Country:  USA
Language:  Persian, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  —

Technical Specs

Runtime:  0 h 11 min

Fifteenth Person

Fifteenth Person - 2023

— 47 min min - Documentary
Number: 5
Show: Saturday 11 November, 21:30, Viktoriasalen | Sunday 12 November, 19:30, Viktoriasalen
Director:  Alireza Behbahani
Stars:  —

Storyline

This documentary is focused on a ten-day part of the life of Shahla Entesari, a women's activist and a political activist, and shows her mood during the Mahsa Amini(Jina) Revolution. Shahla Entesari is one of the signatories of Statement 14, and in Iran, for signing That statement, she has been sentenced to 7 years in prison. During one of his vacations, he immigrated to Turkey illegally and continues living in Sivas under security measures.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  Turkey
Language:  Persian, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Vistor Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:  0 h 47 min