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SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN
SIEBEN WINTER IN TEHERAN

• Director: Steffi Niederzoll
• GERMANY, FRANCE / 2023 / DCP / Colour / 97’ / Persian; Turkish,  English s.t.

• Screenplay: Steffi Niederzoll
• Director of Photography: Julia Daschner
• Editing: Nicole Kortlüke
• Music: Flemming Nordkrog
• Producer: Melanie Andernach, Knut Losen
• Production Co.: Made in Germany Filmproduktion
• World Sales: Cercamon

2023 Berlin Peace Film Prize, Best Film–Perspektive Deutsches Kino

Iran, 2007: Reyhaneh Jabbari, 19, is imprisoned for murdering the man who tried to rape her. Her trial results in a death penalty sentence. Steffi Niederzoll, in her directorial debut retraces the fate of a woman who becomes a symbol of resistance and women’s rights even beyond the borders of Iran. ‘How does one overcome the feeling of powerlessness and show resistance?’ is the motivation of the Perspektive Deutsches Kino jury that awarded the film at Berlin: ‘Spellbound, we follow the story of a young woman who defies institutionalised male violence.’ Holy Spider actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi lends Reyhaneh her voice throughout the film that sparks hope in her struggle.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.