RAVING IRAN

by Susanne Regina Meures
  • 2017 Rise And Shine World Sales
  • 2017 Rise And Shine World Sales
  • 2017 Rise And Shine World Sales
  • 2017 2017 Rise And Shine World Sales
  • 2017 2017 Rise And Shine World Sales

    Synopsis

    Anoosh and Arash are at the centre of Tehran’s underground techno scene. Tired of hiding from the police and their stagnating career, they organize one last manic techno rave under dangerous circumstances in the desert. Back in Tehran they try their luck selling their illegally printed music album without permission. When Anoosh is arrested, there seems to be no hope left. But then they receive a phone call from the biggest techno festival in the world. Once landed in Switzerland, the haze of the instant euphoria evaporates quickly when the seriousness of the situation starts to dawn on them.

    Festivals

    First Step Awards; Prix du Jury SSA/Suissimage – Visions Du Réel, Nyon; Best Documentary – Guanajuato
    International Film Festival, Best Documentary Kitzbühel IFF, Zurich FilmAward, Best Film & Audience Award – Solo
    Positivo Film Festival;

    Porto, IDFAmsterdam, Oulu, Montréal, Stockholm, Braunschweig, Santiago de Chile, Sao Paulo, Buenos
    Aires, Mexico DF, Ghent, Lugano, Reykjavik, Locarno, Opatija, Cape Town, Krakow, Belgrade, DOK.fest Munich,
    HotDocs Toronto, Berlinale/PERSPECTIVE a. o.

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Susanne Regina Meures

    Producer

    Christian Frei (Christian Frei Filmproduktion GmbH)

    Sound

    Farshad Shokuhfar

    Editor

    Rebecca Trösch

    DoP

    Gabriel Lobos, Susanne Regina Meures