Films that Make Noise: Raving Iran

Together with The Hague pop venue PAARD, we are launching the film series Films that Make Noise. A series of high-profile protest films in which the connection between music and social change takes center stage. On Friday 20 February, it will be time for the second film in the series: Raving Iran.

About the film

Arash and Anoosh dream of a career as techno DJs, but this goal is virtually unattainable in Iran. So they mix at illegal rave parties and try to sell their album ‘under the counter’ in record shops. Their dream seems to vanish after one of them is arrested, but then an invitation to perform at a major dance festival in Switzerland opens up new perspectives.

Talk

After the film, moderator Jesse Evers will engage in a discussion with the audience and Kourosh. Kourosh is an Iranian-Dutch producer, rapper, and vocalist whose music fuses hip-hop, pop, electronic, rock, punk-rap, drum and bass, and UKG—blending English and occasional Farsi lyrics into a sound that’s uniquely his. Gritty and underground at heart, his style still resonates with a broad and growing audience. His work often reflects a strong sense of social and political awareness, woven naturally into both his music and artistic vision.

Practical information

Spoken language: Persian, English and German
Subtitles: English
Date: Friday 20 February
Time: doors open from 19:30, start film 20:00
Location: GR8 – theaterzaal, Prinsegracht 8, 2512 GA Den Haag
Tickets: € 12,50 (standard) / € 6,75 (Ooievaarspass) – soon on sale through PAARD

This screening is made possible by Fonds 1818.

PUSH

Films that Make Noise is part of PAARD’s activist programme line called PUSH. PUSH is the new umbrella under which PAARD brings together its socially engaged, critical, progressive, and politically committed programming. As the leading pop venue in the city of power, politics, peace, (war) justice, and protest – just a few hundred meters from the Binnenhof – PUSH provides the soundtrack to social change.