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Great news: A SISTERS' TALE by Leila Amini opens in cinemas on December 19th! A premiere tour with special screenings will begin in French-speaking Switzerland on December 10th.

Leila accompanies her older sister with her camera for seven years. She witnesses the liberation process of a woman who rediscovers her voice as a singer and self-determined individual: From a vulnerable spouse, Nasreen transformed into a woman who takes her destiny into her own hands. Nasreen's emancipation leads to fundamental changes for her children, her sisters and her mother. And inspires many of her contemporaries, in Iran and beyond, to take their future into their own hands.

PREMIERE TOUR & SPECIAL SCREENINGS

10.12.24, 17:30, Grütli, Grande Salle, Geneva with Leila and Nasreen Amini, moderated by Morgan Pokée

11.12.24, 20:30, Cinématographe, Lausanne with Leila and Nasreen Amini

12.12.24, 18:15, Rex, Fribourg with Leila and Nasreen Amini

15.12.24, 11:00 am, Wildenmann, Männedorf with Leila Amini

16.12.24, 20:00, Odeon, Brugg with Leila Amini, Amnesty International Switzerland

17.12.24, 18:30, RiffRaff 1, Zurich with Leila Amini, Brava Switzerland, moderated by Payal Parekh

18.12.24, 18:00, Rex 2, Biel with Leila and Nasreen Amini

20.12.24, 18:30, Stadtkino, Lucerne with Leila and Nasreen Amini

21.12.24, 17:00, CineClub, Bern with Nasreen Amini and the Intercultural choir of the SRC

22.12.24, 10:30 am, Sputnik, Liestal with Leila and Nasreen Amini

22.12.24, 12:00, Atelier 2, Basel with Leila and Nasreen Amini

A SISTERS' TALE is a co-production of La Belle Film, Docmaniacs and Mira Film.

See you hopefully soon in the movies!

Three documentaries from Mira Film will be screened at this year's International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).

The film ON THE BORDER by Igor Hauzenberger and Gabriela Schild will celebrate its world premiere in the presence of the director and the main protagonist. The film is a portrait of the Tuareg city of Agadez in Niger and traces the daily efforts of three city dwellers to combat social and political grievances.

The documentary A SISTERS' TALE by Leila Amini will also be screened in the Best of Fests section. It celebrated its world premiere as the opening film of the Semaine de la Critique at the Locarno Film Festival and its US premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The film depicts the emancipatory journey of a young mother who decides to pursue her lifelong dream of singing despite the far-reaching restrictions on women in Iran.

REAS by Lola Arias, which has already been included in the program at more than 50 festivals, will also be shown at the IDFA. The film reinvents the film musical as a collective work: the performers dance and sing about their true past in prison. They revive their lives as fiction and dream up a possible future for themselves in their imagination.

After the successful world premiere of A SISTERS' TALE as the opening film of the Semaine de la Critique in Locarno, we are pleased to announce that Leila Amini's documentary film will be shown next at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

Nasreen, the filmmaker's sister, is a housewife with two children, married to an often absent husband. Despite the profound restrictions on women in Iran, she decides to pursue her lifelong dream of singing.

Public screenings in Toronto:

• September 10th at 6:15 pm, Scotiabank 10
• September 11th  at 7:35 pm, Scotiabank 11
• September 25th at 12:00 pm, Scotiabank 6

The cinema release of A SISTERS' TALE in Switzerland is planned for December 19th 2024.

We are pleased to announce that the documentary film A SISTERS' TALE by Leila Amini will celebrate its world premiere in Locarno as part of the 34th Semaine de la Critique.

The screening times for A SISTERS' TALE in Locarno are as follows:

• Friday, 9 August 2024, 11:00 am, La Sala. Followed by Q&A with the director
• Saturday, 10 August 2024, 9:00 am Palacinema 1

For seven years, director Leila Amini accompanied her sister with her camera:

My sister Nasreen, a housewife with two children, is married to a traditional and often unavailable husband. Despite the restrictions on women in Iran, she decides to pursue her lifelong dream of singing.