Sinopsis
A young Syrian gay man fears that his residence permit will be denied because he should return to his country; an Iranian girl dreams of building a Bavarian Beergarden in the heart of Tehran and Scheherazade, meanwhile, continues to lengthen her stories night after night.
Narges Kalhor (born 1984 in Tehran, based in Munich) is an award-winning Iranian-German director, video artist, and editor. Her works move between documentary, experimental art, and fiction, often exploring themes such as exile, identity, feminist perspectives, and political resistance. During her studies at the Tehran Film Academy, she was mentored by well-known filmmakers such as Abbas Kiarostami. In 2009, she applied for political asylum during a visit to Germany, which attracted international attention because she is the daughter of the highest-ranking cultural advisor to the then Iranian President Ahmadinejad. After her application was accepted, she studied at the University of Television and Film Munich. Her graduation film ‘In the Name of Scheherazade or the First Beer Garden in Tehran’ was awarded the Goethe-Institut prize for best documentary film at the DOK Leipzig film festival in 2019.
Tuesday, Nov. 4th. 7:00 p.m.
Goethe-Institut Madrid
Admission: Free entrance until full capacity is reached
Year of Production: 2019
Time: 75’
Country: Iran, Germany
Language: English, German and Farsi. Original version with Spanish subtitles
Director: Narges Kalhor
Cast: Ali Abusaiedi, Tahmineh Dokhani, Faezeh Nikoozad, Narges Kalhor
Production: Nicholas Coleman. Oasys Digital Post Production GmbH
Script: Narges Kalhor, Aydin Alinejad
Director of Photography: Julia Swoboda
Production Companies: Oasys Digital Post Production GmbH
International Sales: Cinélibre
Selected at the ZINEBI, Visions du Réel and Montreal festivals.
Premiere in Spain
