Nahid Hagigat

Lila, a woman in her late twenties, visits home for the Persian New Year. She faces intense cultural pressures from her elders to conform to traditional beauty standards. As the festivities approach, Lila must decide whether to comply with her elders' expectations or forge her own path.

In this hybrid political thriller and verité portrait documentary, Sara Nodjoumi, working with co-director and husband, Till Schauder, makes her directorial debut with this personal film, diving into the mystery surrounding the disappearance of more than 100 “treasonous” paintings by her father, seminal Iranian modern artist Nickzad Nodjoumi.