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Film Undone. Elements 
of a Latent Cinema

Tazeh nafasha

The Newborns
Film still from THE NEWBORNS: A girl holds up a picture of a man with a rifle.

Sun 23.07.
20:00

  • Director

    Kianoush Ayari

  • Iran / 1979
    45 min. / DCP / Original version with English subtitles

  • Cinema

    Arsenal 1

    zu den Ticketszu dem Kalender

  • Introduction: Tara Najd Ahmadi, screening followed by a conversation between Azar Mahmoudian and Tara Najd Ahmadi

TAZEH NAFASHA by Kianoush Ayari was shot in Iran immediately after the Revolution and shows a rare picture of utopian freedom on the streets before the establishment of the Islamic Republic. Because the original sponsor at Iranian state television refused to release it, the film remained unfinished, and the footage was confiscated. It was later posted on the Internet after a friend of Ayari's happened to find a VHS copy at a flea market in Tehran. Tara Najd Ahmadi will present the film.

Funded by:

  • Logo Minister of State for Culture and the Media