Name: Film | Black Rabbit, White Rabbit
Start: 2026-01-11T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-11T16:30:00-05:00
Location: 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20013

Cost: Free; Registration in advance recommended
Longtime attendees of this festival still vividly remember Shahram Mokri’s 2013 film Fish & Cat, a horror movie filmed entirely in one take (including a flashback!). Mokri and his inventive imagination are back on full display in his latest film.
In Black Rabbit, White Rabbit, Escher-like intertwined storylines unfold on and around the set of a film being made by an Iranian director in Tajikistan: A car accident victim comes to believe she is the target of a conspiracy. A crew member is convinced that a prop gun is actually real. An actor arrives on set demanding an audition. These are just a few of the elements of this “wildly ambitious, wryly comic puzzle film” (Lee Marshall, Screen Daily) comprised of spellbinding tracking shots up to 20 minutes long, building up to a spectacular conclusion.
Director: Shahram Mokri. Countries: Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates. Released: 2025. Length: 139 min. Format: DCP. Language: Tajik and Russian with English subtitles.
Image courtesy of Deaf Crocodile