REVIEWS
"Shot undercover in Iran’s teeming capital, this brave low-budget film speaks volumes about the everyday repressions faced by middle-class, literate Iranians — a focus only intensified by the recent presidential election and its continued aftermath of mass protest and state-sanctioned clampdown...As a passionate cry for international understanding and a stirring example of hit-and-run moviemaking, it can’t be overlooked." -
Screen Daily
"Filmed on the sly in the streets of Iran, My Tehran for Sale gives an unauthorized peek at the oppressive Muslim state's underground scene and the muted rebellion of its youth. As such, it scores points for freshness and innovation." -
Hollywood Reporter
"An artful and poetic film...In her debut as a writer/director, Iranian-Australian poet Granaz Moussavi uses images to tell a story, and dialogue to paint pictures. She finds beauty in the seemingly ordinary, while also taking cinematic advantage of Tehran's amazing cityscape. She doesn't spoon-feed her audience - the way in which the story is constructed, shifting around in time, forces you to put things together." -
FilmInk
"Enhanced by a wonderful score that includes works by contemporary Iranian musician Mohsen Namjou, the aches and triumphs of Marzieh's story show us another side of Iran's culture – one that we need to see.” -
Dallas Film Festival
“For Westerners, this a rare, moving glimpse into the world of dissident Iran–a world whose inhabitants resemble ourselves.”-
St. Louis Magazine
“Set against the backdrop of Tehran's thriving arts culture, and framed through a series of artful and dramatic flashback sequences, poet-turned-filmmaker Granaz Moussavi boldly registers the trials of a modern woman struggling to flourish in Iran's contemporary political climate.” -
Arts Council of Hillsborough County
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
2009
Independent Spirit Inside Film Award, ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
PUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL MANNHEIM-HEIDELBERG
2010
FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM
STATE OF THE WORLD, STATE OF THE CINEMA
AVAILABLE LIGHT FILM FESTIVAL
CINEMA NOVO FILM FESTIVAL
LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
GUADALAJARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
FEBIOFEST PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
KULTURWOCHEN MITTLEREN OSTEN-HAMBURG
CPH:PIX COPENHAGEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL
DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM FOR IRAN
CINEMATHEQUE FRANÇAISE
EL OJO COJO FILM FESTIVAL
GENE SISKEL FILM CENTRE
CAMBODIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
VISOES DO SUL - MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA DE PORTIMAO
DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL
DENVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
TRENTON FOREIGN FILM FESTIVAL
KOLKATA FILM FESTIVAL
MEDFILM FESTIVAL
2011
IRANIAN CINEMA
FRAUENFILMTAGE WIEN
KINOVI[SIE]ON
MALMO INTERNATIONAL FEMALE FILM FESTIVAL
FREIBURGER FILM FORUM
AICE AUSTRALIAN FILM FESTIVAL
