The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Cannes 2024
Competition
Cannes 2024
Jury Special
Award
Cannes 2024
Fipresci
Award
Cannes 2024
Ecumenical Jury
Award
Nomination
GOLDEN GLOBES
2025
Best International
Feature Film
Oscars Shortlist

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

A Film by Mohammad Rasoulof

2024 - Germany/France/Iran - Drama - 166 min.

Oscars 2025: Nomination for Best International Feature Film

Language: Farsi

Iman, an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears. Suspecting the involvement of his wife Najmeh and his daughters Rezvan and Sana, he imposes drastic measures at home, causing tensions to rise. Step by step, social norms and the rules of family life are being suspended.

Cannes 2024
Competition
Cannes 2024
Jury Special
Award
Cannes 2024
Fipresci
Award
Cannes 2024
Ecumenical Jury
Award
Nomination
GOLDEN GLOBES
2025
Best International
Feature Film
Oscars Shortlist
Supported by:

More Films

Striding into the Wind

A film by Shujun Wei

2020 - China - Roadmovie - 1.85

Kun seems to be messing up pretty much everything: his senior year at Film school, the job on his friend's graduation's film and the relationship with his girlfriend. But Kun just got his driving license and with it, the cheapest second-hand car he could find: an old wreck of a Jeep Cherokee that might turn out to be the key to his wildest dreams.

Season of the Devil

A film by Lav Diaz

2018 - Philippines - Drama - 1.50 - 234 min.

In the late 70s, a gang of militias under the control of the military, terrorizes a remote village in the Philippines. The poet/teacher/activist, Hugo Haniway, decides to find out the truth about the disappearance of his wife. A love story set in the darkest period of Philippine history, the Marcos Dictatorship.
Based on real events and real characters.

Luka

A film by Jessica Woodworth

2023 - Belgium/Italy/Netherlands/Bulgaria/Armenia - Sci-Fi - 1.85:1 - 94 min.

Luka, a young and ambitious soldier, embeds himself in the legendary Fort Kairos where heroic warriors defend the remains of civilization. His hopes to serve as an elite sniper are crushed when he is assigned to maintenance and must submit to the code of Kairos: obedience-endurance-sacrifice. As he rises through the ranks, Luka finds joy and strength in friendships with Konstantin, an enigmatic radar engineer, and Geronimo, a light-hearted private.