Film - The Revolution Is Coming - Women! Festival 2026

Women! Film Festival. “The Desire for Freedom and the Hope for a Revolution”

Part 1: Breath of Silence
Blending tradition and modernity, this production tells the story of the legendary encounter between two pioneering figures of Sufism, combining whirling dervish and contemporary dance, set to reimagined Sufi music. This performance is a true tribute to the people and women of Iran.

Cast:
Direction and Choreography: Nina Faramarzi
Whirling Dervish Dance: Atena Irani
Music Composition: Alireza Mehrabian
Vocals, dotar, setar, tanbûr: Alireza Mehrabian
Daf, tonbak, udu, santur: Asghar Shafieie

Practical Information:
Duration of Part 1: 45 minutes

Part 2: The Revolution Is Coming
Through five portraits of her loved ones—all figures of resistance—Pegah Ahangarani traces the intimate narrative of her life. Drawing on her personal archives, family videos, images of protests, press articles, and audio recordings, she traverses more than forty years of Iranian history. From the early upheavals of 1979 to the war that broke out in 2026, she weaves a dialogue between individual memory and collective history, painting a portrait of a country marked by political repression yet relentlessly driven by the desire for freedom and the hope of a revolution.

Cast:
Directed by: Pegah Ahangarani

Total runtime: 1h38