STADTKINO FILMVERLEIH UND KINOBETRIEBS G.M.B.H
 
Summary
Staff
Films
News
BORN IN EVIN
DISTR Theatrical, AUSTRIA
 
More Information

Completed - GERMAN - Documentary - 98 minutes

Year of production : 2019

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 forty years have passed since the monarchy of the Shah of Iran was toppled and the Islamic Republic declared. In the 1980's Ayatollah Khomeini, the so-called religious leader, had tens of thousands of political opponents arrested, persecuted and murdered. Among them the filmmaker's parents who, after years about their persecution and imprisonment. Maryam Zaree faces the decades-long silence and explores her own questions about the place and the circumstances of her birth.

Production

Country(ies) : AUSTRIA, GERMANY

This list is based on the distributors’ declarations.
In the case where you don't agree about one of them, please inform us of the change(s) you request by clicking here.

Festivals and Awards

69. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Weltpremiere, 2019 2019 (Kompass-Perspektive-Preis)


If any information seems out of date, let us know