VIFF 2026: An interview with Ali Asgari, director of A Bit of Light
Nural Sümbültepe
October 8, 2026
Asgari places an individual in conflict with forces far larger than himself in his new film.
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DOXA Festival: Director Ali Asgari delivers courageous and visually dazzling take on Tehran in Higher than Acidic Clouds
Charlie Smith
April 23, 2025
Iranian agents search the director’s home, seizing hard drives, but Asgari declares that these officials cannot confiscate his memories.
Terrestrial Verses reveals how ordinary Iranians navigate bizarre demands of the state
Charlie Smith
May 6, 2024
Aram (Sarvin Zabetian) is one of the characters interrogated in this 2023 film co-directed by Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami.
VIFF 2026: An interview with Ali Asgari, director of A Bit of Light
Nural Sümbültepe
October 8, 2026
Terrestrial Verses reveals how ordinary Iranians navigate bizarre demands of the state
Charlie Smith
May 6, 2024
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.