FILMMAKERS LIVE! CELEBRATING DIFFERENCES: THE PERSIAN VERSION

Maryam Keshavarz, the American-Iranian director of our opening film, comes to FILMMAKERS LIVE! with her two leading actresses, Layla Mohammadi and Niousha Noor, who portray a mother and daughter in THE PERSIAN VERSION.
Having grown up in an Iranian-American family, Leila is used to chaos and competing influences. Completely new to her, however, is the idea that her mother was once a young woman with aspirations and complexes of her own. This tragicomedy, which received the Audience Award at Sundance, unfolds into a cross-generational journey of discovery, at the end of which everything is a little different and at the same time unexpectedly familiar.

Moderator: Julia Weigl

Language: English
All are welcome. Admission free — first come, first served