BORN IN EVIN

By Maryam ZAREE

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Documentary - Completed 2019

Born in Evin is the story of director and actress Maryam Zaree uncovering the violent circumstances of her birth in one of the world's most infamous political prisons.

Festivals
& Awards

69. Filmfestspiele Berlin (World Premiere) 2019
Kompass-Perspektive Award
International 5 Seen Film Festival 2019
Best Documentary
Hessischer Film- und Kinopreis 2019
Newcomer prize
Cineuropa Jury Prize 2019
Best Feature Film
FEST – New Directors / New Films Festival 2019
International Documentary FilmFestival Amsterdam 2019
Hot Docs Toronto 2019
This Human World Festival Vienna 2019
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • AUSTRIA, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • GERMAN
    • Duration
    • 98 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Maryam ZAREE
    • Writer(s)
    • Alex TONDOWSKI, Ira TONDOWSKI, Arash T. RIAHI, Sabine GRUBER, Karin C. BERGER
    • Synopsis
    • Born in Evin follows filmmaker and actress, Maryam Zaree, on her quest to find out the violent circumstances surrounding her birth inside one of the most notorious political prisons in the world. Exactly fourty years have passed since the monarchy of the Shah of Iran was toppled and the Islamic Republic declared. In the 1980s, Ayatollah Khomeini, the so-called religious leader, had tens of thousands of political opponents arrested, persecuted and murdered – among them the filmmaker's parents. Maryam Zaree faces the decade-long silence and explores the questions about the place and the circumstances of her birth.