A Move

خونه

Filmmaker Elahe Esmaili returns to her hometown in Iran. Inspired by the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, she starts her own revolution at home.

Against the backdrop of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, filmmaker Elahe Esmaili returns to her hometown in Mashhad to help her parents move house. Despite living abroad and not wearing a hijab regularly for many years, whenever she returns to Iran and is in the company of her religious extended family, she wears it. However, on this occasion she wants to force a change. With intimacy and honesty, the filmmaker embarks on a delicate journey towards lasting change.

This film will screen as part of the programme Shorts: Truth to Power.