Feature Documentaries

Rehearsals for a Revolution

Directed by Pegah Ahangarani

Screening at DIFF 2026

Thu29 12:40 PM to 2:18 PMThursday 29 Oct · Hermann Gmeiner Hall

Plan it in the app

Opens the free DIFF 2026 app. It checks for clashes and adds walking time between screens.

Runtime: 98 min
Year: 2026
Countries: Czechia, Spain
Language: Persian
Subtitles: English

Synopsis

Through five portraits of relatives and mentors, five expressions of resistance, Pegah Ahangarani sketches her life story. Drawing from personal archives, home videos, street protests footage, newspapers, and recorded voices, she retraces more than 40 years of Iran’s history. From 1979 until the war that began in 2026, she pieces together intimate and collective memories, forming the portrait of a country shaped by political repression and in constant hope for a revolution.