Iranian ‘A Bit Of Light’ Filmmakers Discuss Timely Venice Contender: “We Have To Talk About The Reality… Of The Mass Killing That Happened”

Iranian director Ali Asgari’s contemporary Tehran-set drama A Bit Of Light premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Friday evening as the penultimate competition screening. The raw, timely drama was shot in the immediate aftermath of the Islamic Republic’s brutal crackdown of pro-democracy protests in January 2026, in which thousands, if not tens of thousands, […]

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