Higher Than Acidic Clouds

Local title
Kõrgem kui happelised pilved
Original title
Balatar az Abrhaye Asidi
Director
Ali Asgari
Country
Iran
Year
2024
Festival
28th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Best of Docs
Subject
society, soul-searching, sibling relationships

Silenced by the Iranian regime, filmmaker Ali Asgari turns house arrest into art.

On his return to Tehran after the premiere of his satire “Terrestrial Verses” in Cannes, director Ali Asgari was arrested. The Iranian regime confiscated his passport, his phone, his computer, even his hard drives. He spent six months under house arrest, without permission to use social media or make any other films.

This strange situation inspired Ali to make his first hybrid documentary, reflecting on censorship, interrogations, fears, dreams, disappearances, pollution, loss and childhood wings. No one can confiscate endless memories. In a lyrical voice, Ali tells (un)real stories about a definite love for dark grey Tehran and falling in love in Rome.

He appears on camera with his mother and sisters, who never knew that all his films, which are banned in Tehran cinemas, were about them.

Edvinas Pukšta

Director
Ali Asgari
Screenwriter
Ali Asgari, Ali Shams
Cast
Ali Asgari
Producer
Ali Asgari, Milad Khosravi
Cinematographer
Arman Fayaz
Music
Navid Divan
World sales
Seven Springs Pictures
Runtime
Language
Persian
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Amsterdam IDFA
Director
Ali Asgari

Screenings

5th Lux Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
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5th Lux Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
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4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
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