Crystal Globe Competition / Bidad / Iran 2025
Seti loves music and singing, and she yearns for her voice to be heard. But in Iran, it is against the law for women to perform in public, and so the young girl decides to engage in her own personal protest. The street becomes her stage, and random passers-by become her enthusiastic audience. Her star rises. Seti becomes an idol of her generation, of young people who no longer want to live under ruthless political oppression. Director Soheil Beiraghi’s fourth film, produced independently, looks at life in contemporary Iran in a way that the local censors would never allow. His film fights for all those whose voice remains unjustly silenced.
Anna Kořínek
104 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Soheil Beiraghi
/ Screenplay Soheil Beiraghi
/ Dir. of Photography Peyman Shadmanfar
/ Music Bamdad Afshar
/ Sound Hossein Ghourchian
/ Editor Soheil Beiraghi, Milad Mahdavi
/ Art Director Soheil Beiraghi
/ Producer Soheil Beiraghi
/ Production Alef Pictures
/ Cast Sarvin Zabetian, Amir Jadidi, Leili Rashidi
/ Sales Alef Pictures
Soheil Beiraghi (1986, Shahreza, Iran). Filmography: I (Me) (Man, 2016), Cold Sweat (Aragh-e Sard, 2018), Popular (Matrah, 2020), Bidad (2025).
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Phone: +98 912 336 3265
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