Sepideh Farsi
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Sepideh Farsi experienced the revolution at thirteen, went to prison at sixteen, and left Iran at eighteen.
Since then, she has been based in Paris, studying mathematics, focusing on photography, and making a dozen films, documentaries, fiction, and animation. Among her works are Téhéran sans autorisation/Unauthorised Tehran (made with a smartphone in 2009) and Red Rose (2014), as well as her animation film La Sirène/The Siren (2023), which depicts the Iran-Iraq war and has been showcased at the Berlinale and won several awards since.
Her latest film, the documentary Put your soul on your hand and walk, was presented in Cannes in Spring 2025.