November 15th Sun, 11:00 AM – 12:45 PM | Konvikt – filmový sál
Born in Evin
(Germany 2019 | directed by Maryam Zaree)
An autobiographical testimony of the crimes of a theocratic regime, the unhealed wounds of the past, the Iranian diaspora as well as a journey towards a new life. The directorial début of the actress of the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, awarded the best German documentary film of last year.
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Director Maryam Zaree finds touching stories of solidarity…from Iranian exiles…to see beyond herself…to all women survivors.
NORA LEE MANDEL, FF2, 1 June 2019
NORA LEE MANDEL, FF2, 1 June 2019
Zaree doesn’t arrive at clear-cut answers but instead comes to a realization that displaces her from the center of her story.
DEVIKA GIRISH, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 9 June 2020
screenplay and directed by Maryam Zaree
cinematography by Siri Klug
