Film Archive

In the Land of Brothers

Special Screenings 2024 / In the Land of Brothers / Iran, France, Netherlands 2024

Synopsis

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan led to a massive flight of Afghans to neighboring Iran, which – since they hoped to find a new home there – they called the “Land of Brothers.” But the dream of fraternal coexistence soon faded, Iranian law never accepted them as equal citizens, and so even the descendants of the first refugees still carry the burden of otherness. Alireza Ghasemi and Raha Amirfazli’s wistful, beautifully shot feature debut about a family who will never feel at home in the country where they live won over audiences immediately upon its premiere at Sundance.

Anna Kořínek

About the film

95 min / Color, DCP
European premiere
Director Alireza Ghasemi, Raha Amirfazli / Screenplay Alireza Ghasemi, Raha Amirfazli / Dir. of Photography Farshad Mohammadi / Music Frédéric Alvarez / Editor Hayedeh Safiyari / Art Director Saeed Asadi, Hamed Aslani / Producer Adrien Barrouillet / Production Furyo Film / Coproduction Limited Circle, Baldr Film / Cast Hamideh Jafari, Bashir Nikzad, Mohammad Hosseini / Sales Alpha Violet

About the director

Alireza Ghasemi (1990, Tehran, Iran). Selected filmography: Better Than Neil Armstrong (2018, short), Solar Eclipse (2020, co-dir., short), In the Land of Brothers (2024, co-dir.). Raha Amirfazli (1995, Tehran, Iran). Selected filmography: Madness (2017, short), Nausea (2018, short), Solar Eclipse (2020, co-dir., short), In the Land of Brothers (2024, co-dir.).