Dir: Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran, Germany, France | 2024 | 167 mins | Subtitled

Cast | Soheila Golestani, Missagh Zareh, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki

Nominated for Best International Feature at the upcoming Academy Awards, Mohammad Rasoulof’s mesmerising thriller – shot entirely in secret – explores the dividing lines in Iranian society.

When Iman (Missagh Zareh) becomes a judge, his family is thrust into the public eye. As political unrest erupts on the streets, Iman’s position becomes more dangerous, and his divided loyalties are exposed when his government-issued gun goes missing and suspicion falls on his wife Najmeh (played by actor and anti-hijab protester Soheila Golestani) and their daughters (Setareh Malek, Mahsa Rostami). 

Combining an electrifying generational battle with real-life footage of Iran’s protest movement, The Seed of the Sacred Fighas a lightning-in-a-bottle urgency that’s hard to capture in fiction or documentary alone.

Friday 21 March

Wednesday 26 March

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