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17th BIFFes 2026

Jan 29th - 06th Feb 2026

"Woman: Shared Sensibilities, A Collective Voice for Equality"

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Film / Contemporary World Cinema / DIVINE COMEDY

DIVINE COMEDY

KOMEDIE ELAHI

ALI ASGARI

IRAN | TURKEY | ITALY | FRANCE | GERMANY / FARSI | AZERI / 2025 / 96 mins

Bahram is a 40-year-old filmmaker who’s spent his entire career making films in Turkish-Azeri, none of which have ever been screened in Iran. His latest work, once again denied permission by the Ministry of culture, pushes him to the edge of defiance. With his sharp-tongued, Vespa-riding producer Sadaf by his side, he embarks on an underground mission to showcase his film to an Iranian audience, dodging government censors, absurd bureaucracy, and his own self-doubts.

ಬಹ್ರಾಮ್ 40 ವರ್ಷದ ಒಬ್ಬ ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ. ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ಇಡೀ ವೃತ್ತಿಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ ಟರ್ಕಿಶ್-ಅಜೆರಿ ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲೇ ಸಿನಿಮಾಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾನೆ. ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದೂ ಇರಾನ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನಗೊಂಡಿಲ್ಲ. ಅವನ ಇತ್ತೀಚಿನ ಸಿನಿಮಾಕ್ಕೂ ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ಸಚಿವಾಲಯ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನದ ಅನುಮತಿ ನಿರಾಕರಿಸಿದಾಗ, ಅವನು ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಬಂಡೇಳಲು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಚುರುಕು ಮಾತಿನ, ವೆಸ್ಪಾ ಸ್ಕೂಟರ್ ಓಡಿಸುವ ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕಿ ಸದಾಫ್ ಜೊತೆಗೂಡಿ, ಬಹ್ರಾಮ್ ತನ್ನ ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ಇರಾನಿನ ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಕರಿಗೆ ತೋರಿಸಲು ಒಂದು ರಹಸ್ಯ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಚರಣೆ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಈ ಹಾದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅವನು ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಸೆನ್ಸಾರ್ ಮಂಡಳಿ, ಅರ್ಥಹೀನ ಅಧಿಕಾರಶಾಹಿ ಮತ್ತು ತನ್ನದೇ ಆದ ಆತ್ಮಸಂದೇಹಗಳನ್ನು ಎದುರಿಸಿ ಸಾಗಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

Producer(s) or Production Company:

Milad Khosravi, Ali Asgari, Hasan Köroğlu, Lorenzo Cioffi, Giorgio Giampà, Avantika Singh Desbouvries, Solmaz Azizi, Lasse Scharpen, Raha Raz.

Screenplay:

Alireza Khatami, Bahram Ark, Bahman Ark, Ali Asgari

Director of Photography:

Amin Jafari

Editor :

Ehsan Veseghi

Music :

Hossein Mirzagholi

Ali Asgari (b. 1982, Tehran) is a Iranian filmmaker, a graduate of cinema studies in Italy, established himself with the Palme d'Or nominated shorts MORE THAN TWO HOURS (2013) and THE SILENCE (2016). His feature debut, DISAPPEARANCE (2017) premiered at Venice FF, followed by the Berlinale Panorama selection UNTIL TOMORROW. His critical hit TERRESTRIAL VERSES, co-directed with Alireza Khatami, premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes. His another feature film, HIGHER THAN ACIDIC CLOUDS, is a boundary pushing hybrid film that has been selected for IDFA 2024.