Awarded best screenplay at the Venice Film Festival, Mokri’s Careless Crime examines a tragic act of protest within a time-shifting interpretation on the importance of cinema in Iranian culture. Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, Rasoulof’s There Is No Evil focuses on the innumerable ways capital punishment affects four individuals. The 2021 edition brings seven selections, including new work from award-winning filmmakers Shahram Mokri, who visited the MFAH in 2015, and Mohammad Rasoulof, who has faced prison sentences from the Iran government because of his films. As always, the lineup showcases exciting new movies by talented directors from Iran’s renowned film industry. This year, the MFAH collaborates with the Department of Time + Space in Boston and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC. Did you know that the Festival of Films from Iran is the longest-running MFAH film festival? The festival makes its 28th consecutive appearance in 2021 with a curated online edition opening January 22 in three cities: Boston, Houston, and Washington, DC.
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