Kortfilmfestival Leuven - My Orange Garden

My Orange Garden

Anna-Sophia Richard • Germany • 2023 • 21 min.

When Iranian singer Faravaz Farvardin was about to be arrested by Iranian police for singing in public, she fled. Now Faravaz lives as a political refugee in Germany and fights for the rights of Iranian women with her voice.

My Orange Garden was already featured at the festival’s European Competition in 2024. You can watch the film again at a one-off screening, combined with a concert by Faravaz Farvardin. The singer performs songs about freedom, women’s bodies and queer rights. Following the screening, there will be a discussion between her and filmmaker, author and researcher Maryam Kamal Hedayat on exile, art and resistance.

Part of

Film & Music: Faravaz Farvardin