Special Screenings / Khaneh doost injast / Iran, USA 2025
Pari and Hanna, roommates and friends, live in modern-day Tehran. Pari is a curator and director of an independent theatre group; Hanna is a dancer, who wants to get out of Iran as soon as possible. The situation of both women becomes more complicated, but their friendship is strong in the face of political oppression. The Friend’s House is Here is a rewarding cinematic experience, conveying a sense of freedom and hope, even though it originated under the exact opposite conditions. Just a few days after the June War in Iran, the crew, headed by directing duo Hossein Keshavarz and Maryam Ataei, took to the streets of Tehran to make a film about a generation that no longer wants to live according to imposed rules and is striving to achieve one of the fundamental human rights, the right to freedom of artistic expression.
Anna Kořínek
96 min / Color, DCP
International premiere
Director Maryam Ataei, Hossein Keshavarz
/ Screenplay Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei
/ Dir. of Photography Ali Ehsani
/ Music Arian Saleh
/ Sound Ramin Abousedgh
/ Editor Hossein Keshavarz
/ Art Director Siamak Karinejad
/ Producer Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei
/ Production Alma Linda Film
/ Cast Mahshad Bahraminejad, Hana Mana, Farzad Namavari, Zorheh Piran
/ Sales William Morris Agency
Hossein Keshavarz and Maryam Ataei. Filmography: Dog Sweat (Aragh Sagee, 2010), The Friend’s House is Here (Khaneh doost injast, 2026).
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