“Defies genre.” - Kamelya Youssef, Bitch Media
“Amirpour combines elements of film noir and the restraint of Iranian New Wave cinema with the subdued depictions of a bored youth culture found in early Jim Jarmusch... the comparisons go on and on, but the result is wholly original.” - Eric Kohn, Indiewire
Tuesday, February 11, 6:15 p.m. | Fortuitously, though Ana Lily Amirpour’s hit feature debut was not presented during our 25th Festival of Films from Iran in February 2015, it had played the month prior, and was so popular that it was brought back to the Film Center for an encore run during the festival. Writing about the film, Barbara Scharres wrote, “Iranian American director Amirpour emerges as a full-blown auteur in this spookily sumptuous vampire tale set in a dusty ghost town crawling with low-life losers who just happen to speak Persian. James Dean-styled hunk Arash has a cat for a sidekick and the hottest wheels in town until the drug dealer takes the keys. The Girl, a nocturnal specter in a long black chador, considers her options. Love bites.”
Awards & Nominations
Winner - Breakthrough Director Award, Gotham Awards
Nominee - Audience Award, Gotham Awards
Nominee - Best First Feature, Film Independent Spirit Awards
Nominee - Audience Award, Sundance 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