BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS

In 1970s Bucharest, Zahra and Maria form a deep friendship while studying at university. As political turmoil brews in Iran, Zahra is forced to return home, leaving Maria behind. Over the next decade,they maintain their connection through a series of letters, chronicling their struggles as women fighting for a voice and their respective countries moving in divergent directions. Despite the distance and obstacles, their longing for each other remains strong.
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Directed by: Vlad Petri
Written by: Lavinia Braniște, Vlad Petri
Editing: Dragoş Apetri, Cătălin Cristuţiu, Vlad Petri
Music: Filip Sertić
Sound: Filip Mureşan, Vlad Voinescu
Producers: Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan
Production: Activ Docs
Co-producer: Oliver Sertić
Co-production: Restart
Festivals and Awards: BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – nagrada FIPRESCI (2023), ZAGREBDOX 2023 – posebno priznanje u regionalnoj konkurenciji (2023). TRANSILVANIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – najbolji dugometražni film, nagrada FIPRESCI (2023) ‘Romanian Film Days’), MAKEDOX – najbolji film (2023), TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL – Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa Award (2023), Nagrada hrvatskog društva filmskih kritičara ‘Oktavijan’ za najbolju manjinsku koprodukciju u 2023, RUMUNJSKE NACIONALNE FILMSKE NAGRADE – GOPO 2024. – najbolji dugometražni dokumentarac u 2023.

About the author:

Vlad Petri is a film director interested in political and social subjects, often mixing personal images with official archives. After graduating from Cinematography at the University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest (2004), he undertook a MA degree in Visual and Media Anthropology at Freie University in Berlin (2014). His films, at the border between documentary and fiction, have been shown in international film festivals like Berlin, Rotterdam, Sarajevo or Copenhagen. He won three Romanian GOPO awards – for Best Debut (2015) and Best Short Documentary Film (2021 and 2022).