‘The Silent House - Farnaz & Mohammadreza Jurabchian’

Silent House is the story of three generations of an Iranian family who live in a one-hundred-year-old house in Tehran. Through archival family footage woven with contemporary images, the two filmmakers portray their family's evolution across 43 years. They follow each family member entangled in the tides of their country's complicated history. With the house itself as a silent witness, the family's story becomes a mirror for society and the family's house a metaphor for Iran.

Farnaz Jurabchian is an independent filmmaker and writer who lives between Tehran and Toronto. She holds a BFA in Film from the Melhoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and a BA in French Literature from the University of Tehran.

Mohammadreza Jurabchian is a freelance filmmaker and photographer currently based in Tehran. He graduated in photography from the Faculty of Art and Architecture at Azad University. Together with his sister Farnaz, they have made several award-winning short films and documentaries that have been shown at a number of international festivals around the world.

The screening will be followed by an online Q&A with the two directors, moderated by Fery Malek-Madani.​​​​​​​

Fery Malek-Madani is the founder of the Ellestournent-damesdraaien festival and of the non-profit organisation Art Cantara, which is dedicated to raising the profile of Iranian women in Europe. She has produced several documentaries by Iranian women directors and directed the documentary Les filles, which won the prize for best short documentary at the CMS International Children's film festival in Lucknow, India.