Between Revolutions (Între Revoluții)

Name: Between Revolutions (Între Revoluții)
Director: Vlad Petri
Released: 2023

Vlad Petri 2023

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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Running Time:

69 min.

Spoken Languages:

Persian, Romanian

Subtitles:

English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Directors:

Vlad Petri

Producers:

Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan

Editors:

Dragoș Apetri, Cătălin Cristuțiu, Vlad Petri

Production Companies:

Activ Docs, Restart

Middle Eastern Studies

Personal Story

Politics

Women

Press

Screen Daily

The deep bond between two women is used to explore the empty promise of revolution in Vlad Petri’s imaginative, highly effective doc-hybrid Between Revolutions. The film covers a lot in its modest running-time, and once again confirms Petri’s ability to bring history alive and question what it means to those individuals who live through it.

Allan Hunter
Cineuropa

Without directly commenting on the images we see on screen, these letters bring some extraordinary emotion, talking about hopes and despair, about the women’s efforts to move on and their resignation, transporting the film’s audience into a long-gone era and giving a voice to the women of that time.
The result is more than compelling; it is haunting.

Ștefan Dobroiu
Variety

The arresting footage from that era gives “Between Revolutions” a specific texture, making it an indelible snapshot of a certain time and place. In the wake of the Islamic Revolution, Iran was soon on its way to becoming a conservative, closed-off society, while Romania began opening up to the unfettered, cowboy capitalism of the post-communist era after the fall of Ceaușescu.”

Christopher Vourlias

Festival Participation

Berlin International Film Festival - 2023
Winner FIPRESCI Prize, Nominee Teddy Best Feature Film
Trieste Film Festival - 2024
Winner Best Documentary
Valladolid International Film Festival - 2023
Winner Best Documentary
Transilvania International Film Festival - 2023
Winner Best Romanian Film
Gopo Awards, Romania - 2024
Winner Gopo Award Best Documentary Film
MiradasDoc International Documentary Film Festival - 2024
Winner Festival Award Best Documentary
Duhok International Film Festival - 2023
Winner The Yilmay Guney Award Best Film
ZagrebDox - 2023
Winner Special Mention Regional Competition
MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival - 2023
Winner Best Film
Mediteran Film Festival - 2023
Winner Best Film Grand Prix
Rasnov Film Festival and Histories - 2023
Winner Jury Prize Best documentary

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