Shahab Mehrabi

Lente journeys out to her grandmother, Siri, who lives on Öland, wrapped in wintery barrenness. It Blooms at Night (Nattljus) is a beautiful, low-key film about meeting over a generational boundary, about life’s joy and about taking farewell.

The story revolves around a group of teenage boys. When one of them suddenly gets a chance to make a pact with the devil things shift quickly in their lives.

Three parallel events during the same night. The main characters lose control and their loyalty is jeopardized.

From exile in Sweden, Ali is able to revisit his lost Iran with the help of virtual reality — the country he fled long ago. Shahab Mehrabi demonstrates cinema’s life-changing potential in a loving portrait of his beloved uncle.

A male director is making a film about the annoying, dominant whiteness of cultural space. But what words do they really use? When two of the women in the team question how they figure themselves, they need a break.