My Stolen Planet

My Stolen Planet is a diary-style narrative by Farah, an Iranian filmmaker. Born during the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979, she captures moments of joy and defiance in her daily life, navigating the contrast between domestic freedom and external oppression. Simultaneously, she collects 8mm archives from people she doesn’t know. Relying on others’ recordings, she gains a new perspective on losing memories.

Farah’s mother, suffering from Alzheimer’s, motivates her to fight against forgetting. In the fall of 2022, the Women, Life, Freedom uprising became a turning point in Farah’s life, as well as in the lives of many others in Iran.

This is a homemade history.

Berlinale 2024 – Second Panorama Audience Award
Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival 2024 – Golden Alexander
Visions du Réel 2024
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2024
IDFA 2024