Our second podcast episode features a conversation between three Iranian artists academics and activists. Sepehr Atefi and Kaveh Azarhoosh are both Close Up filmmakers and activists who participated in our program in 2021-2022 with their project Radio Berlin. In this conversation, they are joined by Maryam Palizban, an Iranian actress and scholar based in Berlin.

The last few months and the protests that have followed the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 have been transformative months for the Iranian community. What you are about to listen in this podcast provides an honest and open conversation amongst three artists that invites the listeners to hear their personal reflections, thoughts and emotions on the current situation in Iran.

Throughout the discussion many significant themes emerge such as the shifting boundaries between inside and outside Iran, the spirit of solidarity behind the protests, the activist work that is currently happening in Iran to resist the brutal oppression, democratisation of peoples’ voices and stories, and the vital urgency and importance of the creative work done by independent artists and cinema community.