OFFICIAL SELECTION IN COMPETITION - Netherlands Film Festival, Human Rights Film Festival Berlin | BEST PRODUCER - L.A. Independent Women Film Awards | BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - Fierce Women Festival of Paris | BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - Sydney Women’s International Film Festival
Iranian Women’s Rights & Fight for Freedom • Censorship • Gender Apartheid • Freedom of Expression • ExileDate of Completion: 2023 | Run Time: 86 minutes | Language: Persian with English subtitles | Captions: No | Includes: Transcript | Director: Mostafa Heravi | Producer: Rieneke Van Santen
Six women, who bravely defied the written and unwritten boundaries to freedom of expression in Iran, face the consequences of not conforming to censorship. An artist, schoolteacher, journalist, athlete, musician and actress experienced lay-offs, harassment and arrests. They are forced to either obey, or live a life in exile. Through their stories, this creative documentary questions what kind of sacrifices are required of Iranian women and what censorship, such as the wearing of the mandatory hijab, means for their identity, individuality and dreams. SĀNSŪR is the story of women seeking freedom, and as they leave behind repression, harassment, arrests and discrimination for the mere fact of being a woman, they slowly find little openings again to laugh, to sing, and to dance.
AWARDS
Best Producer | L.A. Independent Women Film Awards
Best Feature Documentary | Fierce Women Festival of Paris
In Competition: Gouden Kalf Award | Netherlands Film Festival
In Competition | Human Rights Film Festival Berlin
Best Documentary Feature Film | Sydney Women’s International Film Festival
FESTIVALS
One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
Tirgan Festival
This Human World International Human Rights Film Festival
New York Human Rights Film Festival