"Set just after last summer's Iran-Israel war, the film is a portrait of Tehran's vibrant underground culture. Despite increasing government crackdowns, street concerts, art galleries, avant-garde theater performances, and after parties carry on. They are the spaces where artists celebrate, flirt, and discuss life and art. The story all in Persian centers on two roommates and friends who are part of that scene."
""We wanted to tell the story of sisterhood and a fantastic community of people helping each other." Her co-director and husband, Hossein Keshavarz, who also co-wrote and co-produced the film says they were inspired by the young artists they know in Tehran. "We just fell in love with them. They're so cool. They're so funny. They're so hip," he says. "Resistance is an everyday act for them.""
The Friend's House is Here was shot covertly in Iran and won a jury award for ensemble cast at Sundance. Set after last summer's Iran-Israel war, the film portrays Tehran's underground culture where street concerts, galleries, avant-garde theater and after parties continue despite increasing government crackdowns. The narrative, in Persian, follows roommates Pari and Hana — one in an underground theater troupe, the other making social-media dance videos that defy law. The protagonists and their creative friends refuse to be silenced as authorities begin targeting artists. Directors Maryam Ataei and Hossein Keshavarz were inspired by young Tehran artists who treat resistance as an everyday act amidst arrests and killings.
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