Feature Film Selection/ Germany, France, 2023, 99’

Details

• Director: Steffi Niederzoll
• Editing: Nicole Kortlüke
• Cinematography: Julia Daschner
• Music: Flemming Nordkrog
• Producer: Melanie Andernach, Knut Losen
• Production: Made in Germany Filmproduktion
• 2023 Berlin International Film Festival Compass-Perspektive Best Film, Peace Film Award
• 2023 CPH:DOX F:ACT Award
• 2023 The Hague Movies that Matter Festival Activist Documentary Award

Recap

In 2007, Reyhaneh Jabbari, 19, was sentenced to death in Iran for the murder of a man who tried to rape her. The efforts her family and supporters undertake open a window into the mass oppression and silencing of women in Iran, and the risks taken by those who defend and support them.

Director

Steffi Niederzoll



Born in Nuremberg in 1981. She studied audiovisual media arts at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) and the Escuela de Cine y Television in Cuba (EICTV) from 2001-2007. Her short films have successfully screened at numerous renowned national and international film festivals such as Berlinale. "Seven Winters in Tehran" is her first long documentary film and her debut as a director.

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