Join us for a screening of Rakhshan Banietemad's Under the Skin of the City (2001) and a short introductory talk on Iranian women’s cinema.

Join us for a screening of Rakhshan Banietemad's Under the Skin of the City (2001). Made by one of the most prolific filmmakers of our time, Banietemad's social realist film takes us into the depths and layers of Iranian society where gender and class politics intersect, genres merge, and the role of the camera becomes blurred.

All are welcome!

This event is presented as part of Glasgow 2026 Festival, supported by Glasgow Life, Glasgow City Council, sportscotland, and Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026.

Introduction by:

Dr. Zahra Khosroshahi (she/her) is a lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK. She is currently working on her forthcoming book entitled Iranian Women Filmmakers: A Cinema of Resistance (Edinburgh University Press). Zahra is a co-editor of the recently published Handbook of Iranian Cinema (IB Tauris 2004). She is also the co-director of the Creatives of Color Festival based in Glasgow and the co-founder of Thousand&One, a global feminist community that support women of colour.

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