Programming

21st Ficdh

Shirin’s Bitter Tears

Iran / 2024 / 8 min. / Fiction
Rated: Suitable for all audiences
Language: Farsi
Thematic: Borders, Middle East
Section: Gender Views
Director: Amin Fallah
Contact: madaktoshortfilm@gmail.com

Dates, times and locations:

Friday June 13 / 9 pm / El Cultural San Martín

Synopsis:

Shirin, a filmmaker, is affected by a travel ban due to the restrictions on artistic activities. She has turned to working as a hawker, and, in order to get back her confiscated belongings, she accesses the cold, harsh workplace of the city hall.

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Curatorial note:

Through only one shot that challenges the viewer not to look away, we dive into Shirin’s heartbreaking testimony. Shirin is an Iranian woman who has been stripped of her profession and gotten trapped into a bureaucratic system that suffocates her from the shadows. This work goes beyond a mere denunciation; it is a cry for free speech, in which tears and anguish echo those voices that, despite having been silenced, refuse to disappear. Juliana Hortal
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