The UK has chosen Pegah Ahangarani’s Rehearsals For A Revolution as its entry to the Finest Worldwide Characteristic Movie class of the 99th Academy Awards.
The movie explores Iranian filmmaker Ahangarani’s expertise of exile as she rebuilds her life and inventive follow in London, via 5 portraits of kinfolk and mentors, that are additionally expressions of resistance. The UK performed an integral position within the movie’s journey, serving as the bottom the place it was written.
Drawing from private archives, residence movies, road protest footage, newspapers and recorded voices, Ahangaran retraces greater than 40 years of Iran’s historical past. From the early days of 1979, till the conflict that started in 2026, she items collectively intimate and collective recollections, forming the portrait of a rustic formed by political repression and in fixed hope for a revolution.
Sony Footage Classics, which acquired North America, Latin America, Asia (besides Japan), New Zealand, Turkey Portugal, and world airways out of Cannes, introduced the number of the movie because the UK’s entry and likewise detailed launch plans.
The distributor mentioned it can give the movie qualifying runs in New York and L.A. in December. It’s going to then open it completely at Landmark’s Nuart Theatre in L.A. and the Movie Discussion board in New York on January 8, 2027, earlier than rolling it out throughout the nation over the next weeks.
The deeply private debut characteristic premiered as a Particular Screening on the Cannes Movie Competition the place it received the L’Oeil d’Or (Golden Eye), and performed final month on the Telluride Movie Competition and Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition.
It was not too long ago honored with an Albie Award from the Maysles Documentary Middle, an award honoring those that encourage, not solely via their work, but additionally via their roles as mentors, position fashions, and champions of social justice.
“How extraordinary to see Pegah’s outstanding movie acknowledged on this class. From successful the L’Oeil d’Or at Cannes to the standing ovations at TIFF and now this recognition, Rehearsals For A Revolution is constructing unbelievable momentum and marking a big second for a formidable feminine filmmaker creating in exile from her residence nation,” mentioned SPC in an announcement.
“This choice within the Finest Worldwide Characteristic class has the potential to be actually transformative for the movie, opening doorways to audiences world wide whereas shining a highlight on Pegah’s extraordinary expertise and her very important voice. It’s a recognition that may have an enduring impression not solely on the lifetime of this movie, however on Pegah’s future profession as a filmmaker.”
