Three by Sepideh Farsi
Born in Tehran and based in Paris since 1984, Sepideh Farsi has created a body of work that is both remarkably consistent in its deeply humane political engagement and singularly eclectic in the modes of expression it adopts, encompassing documentary (2009’s "Tehran Without Permission", shot clandestinely on a Nokia camera phone), scripted narrative drama (2014’s "Red Rose", a romance set against the backdrop of the Green Movement protests), and now animation (2022’s "The Siren", which depicts the 1980 outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy in Abadan). One of Iran’s most inventive and exploratory artists-in-exile.
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The Siren
Directed by Sepideh Farsi | 100 mins | 2023
Crisply animated in a vivid, minimalistic 2D style, Farsi’s "The Siren" shows us the opening salvos of the devastating 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War, and their terrible human toll, in telling the tale of 14-year-old Omid. As hostile forces threaten to encircle ... -
Tehran Without Permission
Directed by Sepideh Farsi | 83 mins | 2009
Facing strict restrictions placed on filming by the Iranian government but eager nevertheless to capture the tense atmosphere in the streets of Tehran in the months before the controversial 2009 elections, Farsi began shooting with her Nokia cameraphone ... -
Red Rose
Directed by Sepideh Farsi | 88 mins | 2014
Ali (Vassilis Koukalani), a middle-aged Iranian man who has given up all hope for positive political change in his country, prepares to emigrate as Green Movement protests rage outside—but his isolation is interrupted when Sara (Mina Kavani), a young act... -
Sepideh Farsi In Conversation
Directed by Metrograph | 10 mins | 2025
Paris-based Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi discusses her life and work as part of the series "Three by Sepideh Farsi."
