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.
Competition
Jury Special
Award
Fipresci
Award
Ecumenical Jury
Award
GOLDEN GLOBES
2025
Feature Film
Oscars Shortlist
Supported by:
More Films
Intimate Grammar
A film by Nir Bergman
2010 - Israel - Drama - 1.85 DCP - 110 min.
Three years in the life of Aharon Kleinfeld, the boy who stopped growing. Perhaps he is afraid of growing up and becoming like his crude parents, or maybe he is just a late bloomer, in need of a little more time. But nobody has the time to wait.
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.
And Tomorrow the Entire World
A film by Julia von Heinz
2020 - Germany - Drama - 2.39
When Luisa leaves her wealthy parents to study law, her best friend introduces her to a rag-tag collective of Antifa activists drawn together by their will to fight for the cause and a disdain of conventions. In their mission to halt the continued rise of neo-Nazis across Germany, the group quickly comes to a crossroad: Does combatting hate justify violence? As Luisa struggles to understand whether her actions are motivated by personal allegiances or political convictions, she and the group must decide what to do when the ideological fight against fascism becomes concrete.



