Shabe Napadid Shodane Arezou

During the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests in Tehran, piano teacher Rana’s teenage sister, Arezou, disappears. With her ex-partner and close friends, Rana searches for her through a long and desperate night, an experience shared by many Iranian families during the uprising. As the night goes on, they begin to see Arezou in strange, fleeting moments, making it harder to separate what is real from what they fear or remember. When Rana’s conservative sister arrives, tensions within the family grow, shaped by the very different ways the two women have learned to live in Iran.

The film was shot underground in Iran at great risk.