RE:VERZIÓ IS BACK!
If you missed out on the 22nd Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in November, now you can catch up on the most important, award-winning films of last year. On the first occasion of the Re:Verzió screening series you can watch the Oscar-nominee film Cutting Through Rocks.
CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS
- directed by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
- Iran, Germany, USA, Netherlands, Qatar, Chile, Canada, 2025, 94 mins
- Farsi, Azeri Turkish language, with English and Hungarian subtitles
As the first elected councilwoman of her Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi aims to break long-held patriarchal traditions by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles and stopping child marriages. When accusations arise questioning Sara's intentions to empower the girls, her identity is put in turmoil.
Cutting Through Rocks won the Best Human Rights Documentary award at 22nd Verzió Film Festival and is currently in the race for the Academy Award for Best Documentary!
After the screening our invited guests discussed women's rights in Iran. The discussion was moderated by Zeineb Naser Intercultural Mediator, Menedék Hungarian Association for Migrants, participants were Narges Pourasghari Haghi, Student of the Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy, and Iinternational Relations at CEU and Sharzad Mohajer (Sherry) an Iranian artist and educator living in Budapest.
OSCAR DAY IN MŰVÉSZ CINEMA
The last screening of the film is on March 15 at 2 p.m. at Művész Cinema, as part of the special program dedicated to the Academy Award Nominees.
Tickets are available at the Cinema's website.
The next screenings of the Re:Verzió program series will take place from 12 March until 12 June. If you want to be informed about other events, subscribe to our newsletter and follow our news on Facebook.