Bidad

Local title
Appikarje
Director
Soheil Beiraghi
Country
Iran
Year
2025
Festival
25th Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Youth Programme
Genre
Drama, Youth film
Subject
coming of age, women, activism, human rights

One woman’s voice against the system.

Seti loves music and singing, and she yearns for her voice to be heard. But in Iran, it is against the law for women to perform in public, so the young girl decides to engage in her own personal protest. The street becomes her stage, and passing strangers her enthusiastic audience. Her star rises and Seti becomes an idol for her generation of young people who no longer want to live under ruthless political oppression. Director Soheil Beiraghi’s fourth film, produced independently, looks at life in contemporary Iran in ways the local censors would never allow. His film fights for all those whose voices remain unjustly silenced.

Director
Soheil Beiraghi
Screenwriter
Soheil Beiraghi
Cast
Sarvin Zabetian, Amir Jadidi, Leili Rashidi
Producer
Soheil Beiraghi
Cinematographer
Payman Shadmanfar
Production Design
Soheil Beiraghi
Editing
Soheil Beiraghi
Music
Bamdad Afshar
Sound
Hossein Ghourchian
Production
Alef Pictures
Runtime
Language
Persian
Subtitles
English
Director
Soheil Beiraghi

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Screenings

7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening010717 / Appikarje
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening040714 / Appikarje
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
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