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Farhang Foundation and the UCLA Film & Television Archive present
A Celebration of Iranian Cinema Screening

THERE IS NO EVIL

(Sheytan Vojud Nadarad)

A Film by Mohammad Rasoulof

May 14 - JUNE 10

There Is No Evil will be available for streaming via our unique link from May 14 through May 28. Admission is $12.

Portion of your purchase will support the UCLA Archive’s public programs.

Winner - Golden Bear - Berlin International Film Festival

"Banned from making films since 2017, Iranian auteur Mohammad Rasoulof’s Golden Bear-winning four-part anthology is an epic examination of morality under an oppressive regime. Family man Heshmat goes to work every day performing unimaginable tasks. Pouya, serving his mandatory military service, must decide whether he will risk it all. For Javad, embarking upon a relaxing trip to visit his fiancée doesn’t go as planned. And in the final segment, Bahram reckons with an impossible choice made long ago. In this direct and searing condemnation, Rasoulof demonstrates that, under oppression, the average citizen is often an implicit collaborator. For the filmmaker, who in 2019 received his second prison sentence, political implications are often just a step away from the personal ones. Masterfully told, THERE IS NO EVIL is both timely and universal.”

Malin Kan - Programmer, American Film Institute

“100% Rotten Tomatoes"

“A Brilliant Look at Iranians Who Serve as Executioners and Those Who Refuse”
IndieWire

“A thrilling case against capital punishment, an enraging, enthralling, enduring testament to the oppressed.”
THE FILM STAGE

"Contributing fresh insights to the paradoxes of capital punishment in Iran.”
VARIETY

"Critic’s Pick! One of the most kinetic films ever made in secret. Courageous and artistically potent."
Ben Kenigsberg, The New York Times

"Brilliant. A riveting thriller… each chapter involves a new angle on the emotional stakes at hand."
Eric Kohn, Indiewire

"As compassionate as it is unsettling, and as provocative as it is poignant. Presents a stirringly defiant case for the importance of all life."
Roxana Hadidi, The A.V. Club

Mohammad Rasoulof

Iranian independent director, writer and producer Mohammad Rasoulof was born in Shiraz, Iran, in 1972. His first film GAGOOMAN (THE TWILIGHT, 2002) won Best Film at the Fajr Film Festival in Iran. Following the release of his second film, JAZIREH AHANI (IRON ISLAND, 2005), he faced issues with censorship laws in Iran, and, as a result, his films have been mostly banned. In 2017, he won the main prize in the Un Certain Regard section for LERD (A MAN OF INTEGRITY, 2017) at the Cannes Film Festival.