Cinematic Synesthesia III - TCS & EFS Present: Left Bank Cinema Collective

90 Min.

Sprache: OmeU | Originalsprache: englisch

Tehran Contemporary Sounds

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TCS & EFS Present: Left Bank Cinema Collective This evening is dedicated to Left Bank Cinema, an autonomous, collective filmmaking initiative based in Tehran. Founded in 2018 by Parham Sarkeshiki, Left Bank operates beyond institutional and hierarchical structures—where cinema is made, taught, and shared as a radically democratic act. Forged in the margins and sustained by community, Left Bank’s films blur the boundaries between documentary and dream. They challenge cinematic grammar, resist centralization, and revive collective authorship as both political and poetic gesture. The screening features a selection of recent works by emerging filmmakers from Iran’s independent scene—each a testament to cinema’s power to observe, subvert, and imagine otherwise. A radical attempt to reinitiate the Real: