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CELLULOID UNDERGROUND
EHSAN KHOSHBAKHT
• IRAN
• 80 MIN
• PERSIAN (FARSI) WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES, PLUS ENGLISH NARRATION
• U
A lifelong cinephile rescues thousands of banned Iranian films, turning his obsession into an act of cultural resistance.
Synopsis
After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, filmmaker Ehsan Khoshbakht befriends underground archivist Ahmad Jorghanian, who risks imprisonment to preserve Western and Iranian film prints from destruction. Celluloid Underground weaves Khoshbakht’s youth and exile with Jorghanian’s silent heroism, exploring how cinema can defy censorship and connect people—long after film stock decays.
Details
- Genre
- Action
- Run time
- 80 minutes
- Language
- Persian (Farsi) with English subtitles, plus English narration
- Certificate
- U
- Country
- Iran
- Director
- Ehsan Khoshbakht
- Run window
- 1 Jul 2025 → 31 Jan 2026
Upcoming screenings
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Previously screened at
Sinema Llanidloes
Fri 28 Nov 2025
17:00
Wed 19 Nov 2025
19:00
The Dragon Theatre
Thu 29 Jan 2026
19:00
Thu 22 Jan 2026
14:00