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Farhang Foundation is proud to partner with the prestigious American Film Institute for the 10th year in a row in presenting all the Iranian films at the 2024 AFI FEST.

My Favourite cake

A Film by Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha

Oct 24, 12:45pm

(Chinese 5)

Oct 26, 10:30am

(Chinese 4)

In Persian with English subtitles

Barred from traveling internationally and facing a court case as a result of making this film, Iranian filmmaking duo Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha (BALLAD OF A WHITE COW) bravely imagine the possibility of freedom and pleasure within their homeland’s repressive regime.

Seventy-year-old widow Mahin lives a solitary lifestyle with her daughter having emigrated long ago and friends too busy to keep up with regular dinner parties. At the encouragement of her friends at one of these rare get-togethers, Mahin finally ventures outdoors to find love from a chance encounter.

Defying the sanctioned image of the Iranian woman, Moghaddam and Sanaeeha fearlessly show the reality of Mahin’s true spirit — a woman who lives a rich interior life, who dances and drinks in her apartment without a hijab and asserts herself against the morality police.

Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Berlin Film Festival, MY FAVOURITE CAKE tenderly embraces a vision of vitality, however brief. –Anna Li

Directors: Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha

Writers: Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha

Cast/Featuring: Lily Farhadpour as Mahin, Esmail Mehrabi as Faramarz

Producers: Etienne de Ricaud, Peter Krupenin, Gholamreza Moosavi, Behtash Sanaeeha, Christopher Zitterbart

Cinematography: Mohammad Haddadi

Editors: Ata Mehrad, Behtash Sanaeeha, Ricardo Saraiva

Music: Henrik Nagy

Year: 2024

Running Time: 97 minutes

Countries: Iran, France, Sweden, Germany

Language: Persian