Sieben Winter in Teheran
Seven Winters in Tehran

Reyhaneh Jabbari
Sieben Winter in Teheran | Seven Winters in Tehran by Steffi Niederzoll
DEU, FRA 2023, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
© Made in Germany

Sieben Winter in Teheran | Seven Winters in Tehran by Steffi Niederzoll
DEU, FRA 2023, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
© Julia Daschner/Made in Germany

Shole Pakravan
Sieben Winter in Teheran | Seven Winters in Tehran by Steffi Niederzoll
DEU, FRA 2023, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
© Julia Daschner/Made in Germany

Sieben Winter in Teheran | Seven Winters in Tehran by Steffi Niederzoll
DEU, FRA 2023, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
In her moving and shockingly topical documentary debut, director Steffi Niederzoll uses among other things original audio and visual material that was smuggled out of Iran. This film, in which Holy Spider actor Zar Amir Ebrahimi lends Reyhaneh her voice, makes visible the injustice in Iranian society and portrays an involuntary heroine who gave her life in the fight for women’s rights.
With
- Reyhaneh Jabbari
- Shole Pakravan
- Fereydoon Jabbari
- Shahrzad Jabbari
- Sharare Jabbari
- Parvaneh Hajilou
- Mohammad Mostafaei
- Samira Mokarrami
- Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Voice of Reyhaneh)
Crew
Director | Steffi Niederzoll |
Screenplay | Steffi Niederzoll |
Cinematography | Julia Daschner |
Editing | Nicole Kortlüke |
Music | Flemming Nordkrog |
Sound Design | Andreas Hildebrandt |
Sound | César Fernández Borrás |
Production Design | Miren Oller |
Make-Up | M. Gol |
Assistant Director | Stefan Kriekhaus |
Production Manager | Svenja Heinrichs |
Producers | Knut Losen, Melanie Andernach |
Co-Producers | Laurent Lavolé, Gilles Sacuto, Miléna Poylo |
Executive Producers | Stina Ataeian, Céline Loiseau, Eva Lass |
Co-Production |
TS Productions Paris Gloria Films Paris WDR Köln |
World Sales
Produced by
Made in Germany Filmproduktion

Film Team
The night is held under the banner: Woman - Life - Freedom.
Sieben Winter in Teheran · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 17, 2023

Shole Pakravan
The mother of Reyhaneh Jabbari, protagonist of the documentary, is welcomed at Kino International.
Sieben Winter in Teheran · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 17, 2023

Jenni Zylka, Steffi Niederzoll
The section head with the director at the premiere.
Sieben Winter in Teheran · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 17, 2023

Steffi Niederzoll, Zar Amir Ebrahimi
The director and the actor who lends her voice to the protagonist of the documentary.
Sieben Winter in Teheran · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 17, 2023

Film Team
At the premiere at Kino International.
Sieben Winter in Teheran · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 17, 2023

Samira Mokarrami, Shahrzad Jabbari, Steffi Niederzoll
The protagonists of the documentary and the director in conversation with the audience.
Sieben Winter in Teheran · Berlinale Goes Kiez · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 18, 2023

Bundesplatz-Kino
The audience waits in the pouring rain to enter the neighbourhood cinema.
Sieben Winter in Teheran · Berlinale Goes Kiez · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 18, 2023

Steffi Niederzoll
The winner of the Compass-Perspektive-Award at the award ceremony.
Sieben Winter in Teheran · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 24, 2023

Anne Fabini, Steffi Niederzoll, Dela Dabulamanzi
The winner of the Compass-Perspektive-Award with the jury.
Sieben Winter in Teheran · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 24, 2023
Film premiere and public reading: On the meaning of the book "How to Become a Butterfly" and the film Seven Winters in Tehran based on it.
Sieben Winter in Teheran | Seven Winters in Tehran
Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Berlinale Goes Kiez · In Focus · Feb 21, 2023
Steffi Niederzoll

Born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1981, she studied audiovisual media at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne and at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in Cuba. Her short films have screened successfully at international festivals; her medium-length film Lea was selected for the 2008 Perspektive Deutsches Kino. She is an alumna of several masterclasses and won a scholarship to the Tarabya Cultural Academy in Türkiye. Alongside her film work, she is also involved in interdisciplinary artistic work. Sieben Winter in Teheran is her debut feature-length documentary.
Filmography
2004 Petuhtanten; short film 2005 Como si el Paisje Pasara; short film 2006 A Summer Long; short film 2008 Lea; medium-length film 2023 Sieben Winter in Teheran (Seven Winters in Tehran); documentary
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2023