Pegah Ahangarani | Czechia, Spain | 2026 | 98 mins. | Persian
Thu, Oct 29 | 12:40 PM | Hermann Gmeiner Hall
Through five portraits of relatives and mentors, five expressions of resistance, Pegah Ahangarani sketches her life story. Drawing from personal archives, home videos, street protests footage, newspapers, and recorded voices, she retraces more than 40 years of Iran’s history. From 1979 until the war that began in 2026, she pieces together intimate and collective memories, forming the portrait of a country shaped by political repression and in constant hope for a revolution.
Pegah Ahangarani
Born in Iran in 1984 and currently based in London, Pegah Ahangarani is an award-winning Iranian filmmaker and actress. She began her acting career at the age of seven and has appeared in more than 40 films to date. Her short documentaries I Am Trying To Remember (2021), My Father (2023), and As I Lay Dying (2025) have been selected for major international festivals including Hot Docs, Busan, the IDA Documentary Awards and Melbourne, and won awards at festivals such as Dokufest, Busan, IDFA and Short Focus London Film Festival. She also directed two TV documentaries: Child Soldier (BBC World, 2024) and Taraneh (BBC World, 2025). Rehearsals For A Revolution is her first feature documentary.
Producer: Kaveh Farnam, Adrià Monés
Writer: Pegah Ahangarani
Editor: Arash Ashtiani
Sound: Neda Mohseni, Dani Zacarias
Music: Anna Andreu
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