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SUMMARY:Mortician
DESCRIPTION:Visit the UCLA Film & Television Archive website to learn more 
 about upcoming screenings and events.\n\nREGISTER FOR THIS 
 SCREENING\n\nPlease note: Registration does not guarantee entry if the 
 event reaches 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\nGuest Speaker: Director Abdolreza Kahani (via 
 video).\n\nScreening 1 of 2\n\nAbraham\n\nYear: 2024\nCountry: 
 Iran\nLanguage: Persian with English subtitles\nRuntime: 14 min.\nDigital. 
 Color.\n\nFarhang Short Film Festival 2nd prize winner\n\nA visually 
 striking story of a small town tragedy\, Abraham follows a local policeman 
 who stumbles into a family secret while investigating the murder of a young 
 man whose body is found in a cave outside the city.\n\nDCP. 
 Directors/Screenwriters: Elnaz Ghaderpour\, Reza Gamini. With: Hamid Pour 
 Azari\, Sajad Afsharian\, Safoora Khoshtinat.\n\nScreening 2 of 
 2\n\nMortician\n\nYear: 2025\nCountry: Canada\nLanguage: Persian with 
 English subtitles\nRuntime: 95 min.\nDigital. Color.\n\nWinner of the 
 audience-voted Sean Connery Prize at the Edinburgh International Film 
 Festival\, Mortician is set in Canada where a schlubby émigré\, Mojtaba 
 (Nima Sadr)\, performs Islamic ritual washing of the dead as a cultural 
 service of the Iranian government. When he loses his job he wonders how 
 he’ll continue to send money to his family back home until an enigmatic\, 
 exiled pop star (Gola)\, an outspoken opponent of the regime\, hires him to 
 help her with one last public protest. The oddest of couples\, they find 
 common ground amidst the cold Canadian winter until their secret is exposed 
 in writer-director Abdolreza Kahani’s slow-burn thriller.\n\nDCP. 
 Director/Screenwriter: Abdolreza Kahani. With: Nima Sadr\, Gola\, Pouya 
 Razavi.\n\nJoin Meeting: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ucla-celebration-of-iranian-cinema-mortician-2025-tickets-1987862782093?aff=oddtdtcreator
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, UCLA Film & Television Archive
ORGANIZER;CN="Suzy Lee":MAILTO:szlee@library.ucla.edu
CATEGORIES:Screening
CONTACT;CN="Suzy Lee":MAILTO:szlee@library.ucla.edu
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