In Between, a Place – Films

جایی در میانه

Faezeh Nikoozad
Germany | 2026 | 95 min
World premiere
Languages : Farsi, German, English
Subtitles : English, French

Three Iranian women, filmmakers and childhood friends, explore through filmed correspondence the different paths their lives have taken: remaining in their native country, emigrating or living in exile. Over the course of thirteen years of life, the images examine the notion of home and the relationships that matter. A striking and sensitive film about friendship in times of political turmoil and repression.

The arrival in a snow-covered Hamburg is somewhat cold and disappointing. No one to embrace, no one to prepare her a hot meal. When Faezeh leaves Tehran in 2009, she leaves behind her best friends Narges and Hamideh. With them, a sense of home existed. Their spontaneous bond had been strengthened by their love of cinema and took shape in the images of the films they made, in which they performed for one another. As a teenager, Faezeh was already filming, preserving. Having lost both her parents before she reached adulthood, she understands the fragility of relationships – of what truly matters. Faced with an Iran that has no place for their creative fire and vital energy, emigration and exile have driven them apart, at least physically. Over thirteen years of life and as many filmed correspondences, the images of the three friends explore the notion of home and the bonds that matter. Thirteen years of filmed correspondence, where friendship and cinema create a fragile space for belonging, in times of political unrest and repression.

Mourad-Anis Moussa

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