Rehearsals for a Revolution

Through five portraits of relatives and mentors forming indelible expressions of resistance, director Pegah Ahangarani sketches her life story. Drawing from personal archives, home videos, footage of street protests, newspapers, and recorded voices, she retraces more than 40 years of Iran’s history. Looking at the early days of 1979 through to the war that began in 2026, she pieces together intimate and collective memories, forming a picture of a country shaped by political repression and in constant hope for a revolution.

Winner of the prestigious Golden Eye Award for Best Documentary at Cannes, Rehearsals for a Revolution is a lyrical meditation on resistance and an enduring dream of a better life.