COMING SOON TO DIGITAL ON DECEMBER 8.

THE SIREN

| 2023 – 101′ – Period, Drama, War, Animation
Written by: Javad Djavaheri.
Directed by: Sepideh Farsi.
Starring (voices): Mina Kavani, Hadmidreza Djavdan, Parviz Sayyad, Babak Karimi, Mohsen Namjoo, shabnam Tolouei, Mounir Margoum, babak Farahani.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2023, Annecy International Film Festival 2023.
In Farsi with English subtitles.
A Kino Lorber release. |

Sepideh Farsi’s award winning animated film depicts the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war through 14-year-old Omid’s struggle to survive the siege of Iranian oil metropolis Abadan. Staying behind with his grandfather while waiting for his elder brother to return from the frontline, Omid meets uncommon characters, each resisting in their own way. Together, they attempt to flee aboard an abandoned ship.