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A documentary film essay. One of the directors of this film was raised in Persia. Her father was a Danish engineer and her mother a survivor from one of Stalin’s Gulag camps. In this film, the life of a family is reflected in the history of Iran from the 30s and onward to the Islamic Revolution, until oil began tearing the world apart. The film differentiates perceptions of enemy images and political generalizations. With the eyes of ordinary people we experience how any given person’s fate can change from one day to the next, when politics and leaderships change. Through an understanding of its past, contemporary Iran is uncovered.

Directors: Katia Forbert Petersen og Annette Mari Olsen
Duration: 78 minutes
The film is supported by: Danish Film Institute, DR2, MEDIA Developement Programme & MEDIA Broadcast Programme of the European Unit, Nordisk Film- og TV Fond and Images of the Middle East.
And in association with: TVP1, YLE Co-productions, BHRT, LRT and DR International Sales.
Distribution (DVD): DFI's bookshop, Sfinx Film/TV, www.filmstriben.dk (in Denmark) 
International distribution (others): DR International Sales

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An interview with the two filmdirectors in Danish Institute's FILM# MAGAZINE

The film has been screened at:

- Iran Heritage, London, screening and panel discussion, October 2012 - Read more 
- Yes Doco, Israeli Cabel Channel, October 2011
- YLE TV1, Finland, October 2011
- Iranian Film Festival in San Francisco, september 2011
- DR2 the 12th of July 2011
- Grimstad Norwegian Short and Documentary Film Festival 16. - 21. June 2010
- Mumbai International Film Festival, India 3. - 9. february 2010
- Hong Kong Asian Independent Film Festival 14. - 29. november 2009
- Memorimage International Documentary Film Festival, Barcelona 4. -7. november 2009
- Café Biografen, Odense Film Festival, Denmark, the following days:
  Tuesday, August 18th at 21.00, Wednesday, August 19th at 11.00
-  Vester Vov Vov Cinema, Copenhagen, September 5th 2009
- DR2 (Danish National TV) 2009
- Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
- PH Caféen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Empire Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish/Iranian Society, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Planete Doc Review Film Festival, Warsawa, Poland 8. - 17. May 2009

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