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SUMMARY:Opponent
DESCRIPTION:Please note: registration does not guarantee entry if the event 
 reach capacity. Admission is granted on a first-come\, first-served 
 basis.\n\nPatrons who have registered will need to obtain their free 
 tickets at the box office\, where seating will be assigned. Any seats 
 remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby 
 patrons.\n\nSuitcase\n\nIran\, 2023\n\nFarhang Foundation Short Film 
 Festival 1st Prize Winner  \n\nFrom a large red suitcase laying on the 
 cement of an underpass emerges an even larger man who proceeds about his 
 day in the streets of Tehran — until\, after a momentary distraction\, he 
 turns to find his suitcase has been stolen. As he desperately searches the 
 city\, memories of his previous life flood back and the sense of loss 
 compounds in this by turns surreal and deeply poignant representation of 
 the refugee experience. \n\nDCP\, color\, in Persian with English 
 subtitles\, 15 min. Directors: Saman Hosseinpuor\, Ako Zandkarimi. 
 Screenwriters: Saman Hosseinpuor\, Ako Zandkarimi. \n 
 \n\nOpponent\n\nSweden/Norway\, 2023\n\nPayman Maadi delivers a surprising 
 and deeply affecting performance as Iman\, an Iranian exile newly arrived 
 in Sweden with his wife and two young children where they anxiously await 
 word on their application for political asylum. A professional wrestler in 
 Iran\, Iman joins a local wrestling club in the hopes it will improve their 
 chances to stay. As Iman begins to find renewed purpose\, Maryam (Marall 
 Nasiri)\, his wife\, feels hers slipping away. But family tensions are only 
 part of this complex portrait of the exile experience and coming to terms 
 with one's true identity as Iman finds himself again enmeshed by the same 
 rumors and desires that forced him to flee in the first place. \n\nDCP\, 
 color\, in Swedish and Persian with English subtitles\, 119 min. Director: 
 Milad Alami. Screenwriter: Milad Alami. With: Payman Maadi\, Marall 
 Nasiri\, Amirali Abanzad.\n\nJoin Meeting: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iranian-cinema-opponent-2023-tickets-1317668555119?aff=oddtdtcreator
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, UCLA Film & Television Archive
ORGANIZER;CN="Katy Nicholas":MAILTO:katynicholas13@gmail.com
CATEGORIES:Screening
CONTACT;CN="Katy Nicholas":MAILTO:katynicholas13@gmail.com
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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URL:https://calendar.library.ucla.edu/event/14569446
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