Film Screening
There Is No Evil

Thu, 04/08/2021 -
Sun, 04/18/2021
Online

About the film:
 
There Is No Evil
Germany | 2020 | 150 minutes | Mohammad Rasoulof
 
There Is No Evil is a film in four chapters, each telling a different story related to the death penalty in contemporary Iran. The first story concerns a family man who, as we come to see, pays a grave moral price for his comfortable middle-class life. The second and third chapters focus on conscripted soldiers – in Iran, it is often these men who are forced to perform executions – and both segments explore the tension and turmoil that can come with such harsh coercion. The final section involves a family secret, which brings the film to its powerful conclusion. Suspenseful, mysterious, and shot through with a sense of urgency, Rasoulof's work bears the mark of an artist who sets his own terms – and who knows just how to captivate an audience.
Registration This film is available to view April 8–18. We suggest watching it on April 17 starting at 5:55pm PT followed by the live Q&A at 8:30pm PT. Director Mohammad Rasoulof is scheduled to participate.

About the director:
 
Mohammad Rasoulof is an Iranian independent filmmaker who studied sociology in Tehran. He is currently based in Tehran and Hamburg. Shortly after his feature film There Is No Evil (2020) won the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, Rasoulof was sentenced to a year in prison due to the content of his films. The Iranian government considered his films to be “propaganda against the system.” In addition to his prison sentence, he was given a two-year ban on filmmaking.