PERSIAN FILM DOUBLE Film Fest Finale

This double bill pairs two Iranian films separated by sixty years, yet bound by the same quiet tension. Proudly presented as the conclusion to our week long Persian Film Fest.

HIT THE ROAD follows a family driving across Iran on what feels like a holiday, until it becomes clear that something far more serious is unfolding. Panahi blends humour, tenderness, and dread, letting everyday gestures carry emotional weight.

The film was made while Panahi remained under a government travel and filmmaking ban, giving every shot a charged sense of risk. He directs with a calm confidence that recalls the humanism of early Iranian New Wave while speaking directly to the present.

YEK ATASH is one of the foundational works of modern Iranian cinema. Golestan uses a simple event, a burning oil well, to capture the collision of industry, nature, and human labour.

Shot with striking clarity and restraint, the film helped establish a documentary language that would shape generations of Iranian filmmakers.
Together, these two films trace a lineage of Iranian cinema built on observation, resistance, and the power of ordinary moments.