The international documentary film festival Dokudoc, in its fifteenth year, uses its Iranian documentary programme on Lent to build a bridge between the silence of an internet blackout and the voices of the Iranian population facing an internal struggle for liberation.

Bodiless: In Transit
Directed by: Azin Feizabadi
Country: Germany, France, Iran
Year: 2023
Duration: 25 minutes
Genre: documentary
Screenplay: Azin Feizabadi
Cinematography: M. Francisca Sáez Agurto, Azin Feizabadi
Editing: Azin Feizabadi, Anika Grützmacher
Sound: Florian von Keyserlingk, Jochen Jezussek
Producers: Asfun Moshiry, Hamidreza Pejman

A blend of fiction and documentary about a traveller from Iran whose shadow seeks to become independent upon arrival in Germany.

Hollow
Directed by: Mohamadreza Farzad
Country: Germany, France, Iran
Year: 2023
Duration: 15 minutes
Genre: documentary
Screenplay: Mohamadreza Farzad
Cinematography: Sam Soleimani
Editing: Amir Adibparvar
Sound: Hassan Shabankareh
Producers: Asfun Moshiry, Hamidreza Pejman

A journey full of associations and introspection. From the troglodyte village of Meymand to a secret police prison turned museum; from pigeon houses to Ekbatan, a large residential complex, ending at Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra cemetery.

Density of Emptiness
Directed by: Shirin Barghnavard
Country: Germany, France, Iran
Year: 2023
Duration: 19 minutes
Genre: documentary
Screenplay: Farhad Babei
Cinematography: Mohammad Reza Jahanpanah
Editing: Shirin Barghnavard
Music: Wingel Mendoza
Sound: Amin Behroozzadeh
Producers: Asfun Moshiry, Hamidreza Pejman

An exploration of urban space in Tehran as seen through the eyes of vulnerable women.

The Powerful Eyes of a Deceased Father
Directed by: Afsaneh Salari
Country: Germany, France, Iran
Year: 2023
Duration: 31 minutes
Genre: documentary
Screenplay: Afsaneh Salari
Cinematography: Mohamad Hadadi
Editing: Afsaneh Salari
Sound: Ensieh Maleki
Producers: Asfun Moshiry, Hamidreza Pejman
Cast: Patrick Navaï, Yvan Navaï, Sylvie Forestier

At first glance, nothing is missing in the life of Patrick (a painter and poet), his wife Sylvie, and their son Yvan. Their days are filled with the magical hours of painting, music, and poetry reading. Yet Patrick’s life echoes an unfulfilled desire for belonging.

Nadia in an Iranian School
Directed by: Nadia Azhdari, Maja Malus Azhdari
Country: Slovenia, Iran
Year: 2020
Genre: documentary
Duration: 11 minutes
Screenplay: Maja Malus Azhdari
Director of photography: Maja Malus Azhdari
Music: Beno Soršak, Behrang Azhdari
Editing: Maja Malus Azhdari, Rožana Švara
Sound design: Enej Mavsar

Nadia is half Slovenian, half Iranian. She spends a year with her family in Iran, attending first grade at a local Iranian school. This documentary portrait of a seven-year-old girl brings us closer to everyday life in Iran and shows the experience of adapting to another culture and way of life.