The Night Arezou Disappeared (2026)
During the 2022 protests in Tehran, piano teacher Rana’s teenage sister, Arezou, disappears. With her ex-partner and close friends, Rana searches for her through a long and desperate night, an experience shared by many Iranian families during the Women, Life, Freedom uprising. As the night goes on, they begin to see Arezou in strange, fleeting moments, making it harder to separate what is real from what they fear or remember. When Rana’s conservative sister arrives, tensions inside the family grow, caused by the very different ways the two women have learned to live in Iran.
Director: Arian Vazirdaftari
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Sonia Sanjari as Rana |
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Katayoun Saleki as Zahra |
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Ebrahim Azizi as Shahab |
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Shabnam Dadkhah as Arezou |
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Paniz Khoshnik as Sahar |
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Armin KhoshNik as Nima |
| Directing | Arian Vazirdaftari | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sara Azampanah | Costume Designer |
| Camera | Masoud Amini Tirani | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hadi Manavipour | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Hamidreza Fatourehchian | Colorist |
| Writing | Arian Vazirdaftari | Writer |
| Production | Arian Vazirdaftari | Producer |
| Art | Sara Azampanah | Production Design |
| Sound | Sohrab KaramRoudi | Music |
| Sound | Zohreh Aliakbari | Sound Designer |
| Directing | Ali Jafarian | Assistant Director |
