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Nahid Persson
SE US IR UK NO 2021 58' 83'
⚬ Society ⚬ Human Rights
Journalist and activist Masih Alinejad is the voice of millions of Iranian women rebelling against the forced hijab on social media. Leading one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in today’s Iran, Masih uses her freedom in exile to amplify the protest in her home country. The regime tightens its grip to regain control, and Masih’s courage is tested when violence and oppression threaten her own family members.
Director | Nahid Persson |
Producers | Nahid Persson, Setareh Lundgren |
Production Company | RealReel Doc AB |
In collaboration with | SWR/ARTE, RTS, SVT, NRK, DR, VRT, NHK, Knowledge |
Cinematography | Nahid Persson, Kambiz Foroohar, R.H, A.F |
Editors | Nahid Persson, Rostam Persson |
Music | Natali Noor |
Sound | André Parklind |
Audience Award | All About Freedom Festival 2021 |
Audience Award | Pordenone Docs Fest 2021 |
Outstanding Story Award | What if? Women in Film Festival 2022 |
Amnesty International Prize | Ljubljana Doc Film Festival 2023 |
Göteborg IFF 2021 |
DOC NYC 2021 |
Pordenone Docs Fest 2021 |
Budapest IDF 2022 |
Thessaloniki Documentary FF 2022 |
One World FF 2022 |
Hot Docs 2022 |
Against Gravity FF 2022 |
Doc Edge 2022 |
DocsMX 2022 |
| Runtimes | 58' 83' |
| Spoken Languages | Farsi, English |
| Production Countries | Sweden, USA, Iran, UK, Norway |
Born in Shiraz, Iran, Nahid Persson took political asylum in Sweden as a result of her political activism during and after the 1979 revolution in Iran. Since 2000 Nahid has pursued a successful career as a documentary filmmaker in Sweden.
Nahid’s social-political films have been harshly critical of the position of women under the Islamic Republic regime. On a trip to Iran, after the release of her award winning documentary, PROSTITUTION BEHIND THE VEIL, Nahid was arrested and interrogated by the Secret Police. While under house arrest, she was secretly completing her documentary FOUR VIEWS - ONE MAN.
Nahid is the recipient of numerous awards including the Golden Dragon at the Krakow Film Festival, Best International News Documentary at the TV-festival in Monte Carlo, as well as The Crystal Award (Kristallen) by SVT (Swedish State Television), a Guldbagge Award and International Emmy nomination for PROSTITUTION BEHIND THE VEIL. She also received Ganneviksstipendiet in the Film category for her work in the field.
