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wed 16 nov 10:30 am Caligari FilmBühne

RAVING IRAN
by Susanne Regina Meures

Switzerland 2016 84 min Farsi original version with German subtitles

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Script: Susanne Regina Meures, DoP: Gabriel Lobos, Susanne Regina Meures, Editor: Rebecca Trösch, Production: Christian Frei Filmproduktion, Producer: Christian Frei, with: Anoosh & Arash

Anoosh and Arash are at the center of Tehran’s underground techno scene. Tired of hiding from the police, and their stagnating career, they organize one last manic techno rave in the desert. Back in Teheran they try their luck selling their illegally printed album. When Anoosh is arrested, there seems to be no hope left. But then they get an invitation from the biggest techno festival in the world...

"A brave, bold documentary." (The Film Corner)

"A triumph and a sensation." (Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag)

Biography: Susanne Regina Meures, born in 1977 in Mönchengladbach/Germany, studied Photography and Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London from 2000 to 2006. Since

2002, she has been working as a freelancer for various print media and television. From 2012 to 2016, she studied Film at ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste). RAVING IRAN is her first feature-length documentary. Currently she lives and works in Zurich/Switzerland.

Filmography (selection): 2013 JULIE WILL MEHR (Kurzfilm), 2016 RAVING IRAN

Awards (selection): Jury Award SSA/Suissimage (Visions Du Réel, Nyon/Switzerland 2016), Award for Best Documentary (Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico 2016), First Steps Award for Best Documentary (Young Filmmakers’ Award of the German Film Academy, Berlin/Germany 2016)

www.ravingiran-film.de

Contact:
Rise and Shine Cinema
Weronika Adamowska
Schlesische Strasse 29/30
10997 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 30 47 37 29 80
weronika.adamowska@riseandshine-berlin.de
www.riseandshine-berlin.de

RAVING IRAN Trailer (facebook.com/RavingIran; www.ravingiran.com) from Christian Frei on Vimeo.