DIRECTOR: Steffi Niederzoll
PRODUCERS: Melanie Andernach, Knut Losen
PRODUCTION CO: Made in Germany Filmproduktion, Gloria Films, TS Productions, Westdeutscher Rundfunk
SCREENPLAY: Sina Ataeian Dena, Steffi Niederzoll
PHOTOGRAPHY: Julia Daschner
EDITOR: Nicole Kortlüke
MUSIC: Flemming Nordkrog

WITH: (as themselves) Reyhaneh Jabbari, Shole Pakravan, Fereydoon Jabbari, Shahrzad Jabbari, Sharare Jabbari, Parvaneh Hajilou, Mohammad Mostafaei, Samira Mokarrami 

​FESTIVALS: Berlin

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REVIEWS

“In 2007, nineteen-year-old Reyhaneh Jabbari is attacked by a man trying to sexually assault her. She defends herself by stabbing him, and escapes. He dies, and she is arrested. It is revealed that he was a former intelligence agent. Reyhaneh Jabbari is convicted of his murder and sentenced to death.

During her seven years in prison, Jabbari is tortured and forced to confess to having premeditated the murder. Her family visits her often, secretly videoing their meetings. Seven Winters in Tehran is the result of that footage, smuggled illegally out of Iran and narrated with the letters Rehyaneh wrote from prison, intercut with candid interviews with Reyhaneh’s parents and sisters. For seven years the Jabbari family fight for Reyhaneh’s release, until they are told Reyhaneh could be pardoned on one condition — that she recants the sexual assault allegation.

This harrowing study of injustice is at once a brutal condemnation of Iran’s corrupt, patriarchal legal system and a striking portrait of Reyhaneh Jabbari’s enduring dignity.”

​– Amanda Jane Robinson, Whanau Marama NZIFF 2023​

​“Resolute in her stance against her accusers, [Reyhaneh Jabbari] sheds light on the injustices women in Iran face and becomes a symbol of resistance and women’s rights” – Heather Haynes, Hot Docs

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FILM SOCIETY SCREENINGS*

Hamilton     
Monday, 06 May, 6.30pm

​Nelson
Wednesday, 15 May, 6.00pm

Tauranga
Wednesday, 29 May, 6.45pm at Luxe Tauranga

Timaru    
Tuesday, 29 October, 6.30pm 

Canterbury
Monday, 24 June, 7.00pm

​Queenstown
​Tuesday, 02 July, 8.00pm

Whanganui     
Monday, 29 July, 7.00pm

​*Non-members welcome by donation (notes only please)​

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