Sunless Shadows

Synopsis

In an Iranian juvenile detention center, a group of adolescent girls serve their sentences for murdering their fathers, husbands or other male family members. Beyond a prison, we slowly come to understand that this closed, female-only environment is also a shelter for women, away from an aggressive, male-dominated society.
The director has forged a remarkable relationship with these women prisoners, filming their honest conversations and joyful interactions, and who privately open up about the consequences, and sometimes the reasons, for their actions.

Director Biography

Mehrdad Oskouei is one of the most important independent Iranian documentary filmmakers. He studied directing at the Tehran University of Art. The film producer, photographer, author and lecturer is a founding member of the Institute of Anthropology and Culture. His films have received several awards at Iranian and international festivals.