Films Holy Spider – Ali Abbasi (2022) February 8, 2023 by Nadin Mai No Comments It’s been quiet around Iran for many weeks now. When the young Mahsa Amin died at the hands of the country’s moral police, the support... Read More
Films Ballad of a White Cow — Maryam Moqadam, Behtash Sanaeeha (2020) March 17, 2022 by Nadin Mai No Comments It’s like a dream. Or a nightmare. It’s mysterious, ominous. We’re in the centre of a prison court. The concrete walls are lined with male... Read More
Films Iro – Hadi Mohaghegh (2018) July 27, 2021 by Nadin Mai No Comments What should I do? Should I go or not go? An old man mumbles these words into his beard. With a slight hunchback and visibly... Read More
Films Day 4 – Daughter…Father…Daughter (Rezaee) December 4, 2013 by Nadin Mai 5 Comments Day four allowed me to leave the cramped Chinese apartment. Instead I moved to an era of Iran I thought never existed. If anything, we... Read More