Closing night reception in the lobby 6:45-7:30. Tag @aaafilmfest on social media and get a complimentary drink ticket. (40 tickets will be given out.)

Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, this road movie portrays acclaimed filmmaker Jafar Panahi (THE WHITE BALLOON, TAXI, THIS IS NOT A FILM) and renowned Iranian actress Behnaz Jafari (THE CHALKBOARD, MOKHTARNAMEH) traveling to a rural village to find a distraught young girl whose family has forbid her from studying acting. Both the mystery and the journey evolves into a calm, yet profound, exploration of tradition, patriarchy, and female identity over generations within Iranian society.