CITIZEN-INMATE
Iran | 2025| 15 min | col. | Farsi
In 2019, the first Electronic Monitoring Centre for former inmates now under house arrest was established in Iran. From then on, this measure of control has been increasingly implemented. Citizens monitor other citizen-inmates, such as very young women or elderly people who are subjected to an ankle-monitoring system that records each movement and prevents them from exceeding their assigned boundaries. With an essential gaze, the short film alternates shots of the Centre’s cubicles with footage from the city surveillance, through a gradually more claustrophobic and unsettling cut reminiscent of a modern-day Panopticon. But what if the surveillance mechanism breaks down? (T.P.)
Local Time
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: 06 Nov 2025
- Time: 12:30
Location
- Cinema Astra - Piazza Cesare Beccaria, 9 50121 Florence (FI)
Organizer
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Hesam Eslami
Hesam Eslami is a Tehran-based filmmaker, who has directed and produced documentaries for international TV and Cinema since 2013. His latest works focus on the margins of the Iranian society: 20th Circuit Suspects (Hot Docs, 2017), The Marriage Project (Vision du Reel, 2020), A Band of Dreamers and a Judge (IDFA, 2023) and Citizen-Inmate (Berlinale, 2025).
