Saturday, February 8, 8:00 p.m. | Shot in some of Tehran’s poorest neighborhoods, Majid Majidi took a documentary-like approach to tell the story of brother Ali and sister Zahra who, after they lose Zahra’s only pair of shoes, devise a scheme to keep the loss from their parents until they can acquire a new pair. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, CHILDREN OF HEAVEN, with its tender but never treacly performances from its child performers, uses a simple story of sibling love and sacrifice to create a world that, as Filmspotting’s Josh Larsen declared, “feels as big as the universe.”

Awards & Nominations

Nominee - Best International Film, Academy Awards
Winner - People’s Choice Award, Montréal World Film Festival
Winner - Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Fajr Film Festival

Festival of Films from Iran: For the 36th year of our Festival of Films from Iran, we’re taking the opportunity to look back at some of the highlights of Iranian cinema we’ve presented at the Film Center—during the festival and year round— in the last 36 years. Read more

The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu