The Sundance Film Festival has announced their line-up for the World Cinema Documentary Competition. Among the twelve titles to compete is Berit Madsen's "Sepideh" which will enjoy its North American premiere at the festival.
Berit Madsen made seven trips to Iran to get together with Sepideh and her family and film them with the aid of an Iranian crew. "Sepideh" is the filmmaker’s most wide-ranging film project to date, a coming-of-age story about a very special young woman fighting against all odds to make her dream come true of becoming an astronaut and probing the secrets of the universe.
Read interview with Berit Madsen: Reaching for the Stars
Sundance Film Festival 16-26 January
Sepideh - Reaching for The Stars
Sepideh wants to become an astronaut. She spends her nights exploring the secrets of the Universe, while her family will do anything to keep her on the ground.
The expectations for a young Iranian woman are very different from Sepideh's ambitions, and her plans to go to university are in danger.