SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN

By Steffi NIEDERZOLL

CERCAMON - as SALES All rights, World

Female director - Completed 2023

Iran, 2007: Reyhaneh Jabbari, 19, is convicted of murdering the man who tried to rape her. Her subsequent protest makes her a symbol of resistance and women's rights even beyond the borders of Iran.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2023
Perspektive Deutsches Kino Peace Film Prize, Compass-Perspective Award
CPH:DOX 2023
F:ACT Award
Movies That Matter 2023
Activist Award
FIFDH 2023
Special Mention Documentary Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Female director, First film, Documentary
    • Countries
    • GERMANY, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • FARSI
    • Duration
    • 97 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Steffi NIEDERZOLL
    • Producer(s)
    • Melanie ANDERNACH (MADE IN GERMANY), Laurent LAVOLÉ (GLORIA FILMS), Céline LOISEAU (TS Productions)
    • Synopsis
    • Tehran, July 2007: Reyhaneh Jabbari, 19, has a business meeting with a new client. When he tries to rape her, she stabs him in self-defense. Later that day, she is arrested for murder. Her trial results in a death penalty sentence. Thanks to personal and secretly recorded videos provided by Reyhaneh's family, their testimonies and the letters written by Reyhaneh in prison, the film retraces the fate of a woman who becomes a symbol of resistance and women's rights even beyond the borders of Iran.

      With Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Holy Spider, Best Actress Cannes Film Festival 2022) as Reyhaneh’s Voice