VENICE 2023 Giornate degli Autori
Ayat Najafi • Director of The Sun Will Rise
“It was really tragic what was happening, but it also inspired me because I could see the bravery of these people”
by Vittoria Scarpa, Emanuele Basso
VENICE 2023: The director talks about his Iranian-shot film, which documents the trials and tribulations of a theatre company, while outside, in the streets, youngsters are demonstrating
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German-based director Ayat Najafi talks to us about his Iranian-shot film The Sun Will Rise [+see also:
interview: Ayat Najafi
film profile], which documents the trials and tribulations of a theatre company attempting to stage Aristophanes' Lisistrata, while simultaneously outside, in the streets, young Iranians are demonstrating and demanding their freedom. The special event has opened the 20th Giornate degli Autori.
