Choreography of Refusal

Kinemathek – Studiokino

© Realillusion – Hände vor einer Menschenmenge auf einer Straße.

Since the Green Movement of 2009 and the protests that followed, the bodies of Iranian citizens have been both sites of repression and resistance. The four short films in ‘Choreography of Refusal’ explore what happens to the body and mind when violence, surveillance and fear dominate everyday life – and what role images play in this.

 

Running, falling, hiding, filming: movements become gestures of resistance; the camera, a means of bearing witness. Set against a backdrop of protest, war and personal experience, the films show how people confront an imposed reality and how political events become etched into the body and memory, even from a distance.

 

›As I Lay Dying (Ghesseh bar yad ast)‹, IR 2025, directed by Mohammadreza Farzad, Pegah Ahangarani, 15 mins

›Blind, ins Auge (Blind, into the eye)‹, IR, D 2025, directed by Mehrad Sepahnia, Atefeh Kheirabadi, 19 mins

›Sensitive Content‹, Germany 2023, directed by Narges Kalhor, 9 mins

›Fruits of Despair‹, Iran 2026, directed by Nima Nassaj, 29 mins, DCP, Persian, original version with English subtitles, 72 mins

Guests: Atefeh Kheirabadi (filmmaker), Afsun Moshiry (curator)

Moderator: Rabih El-Khoury

Not all films in English. The film discussion will be held in English.

Price: €7.00

Reduced price: €5.00

Next date:

• Date Tuesday, 15/September/2026 19:00
• Venue Deutsche Kinemathek
• Address Mauerstraße 79, 10117 Berlin-Kreisfreie Stadt Berlin