CFD 26| Oh What Happy Days

Cinemas of Dissent

Oh, What Happy Days!

LEM 18/04 > 16:00
NIC 19/04 > 16:00

107’, 2025
Iran, USA, France, Canada

Directed by
Homayoun Ghanizadeh

Screenplay
Homayoun Ghanizadeh

Cinematography
Ali Ghazi

Editing
Homayoun Ghanizadeh

Sound Design
William Flynn

Cast
Golshifteh Farahani
Shirin Neshat
Navid Mohammadzadeh
Ali Nasirian
Payman Maadi

Producers
Homayoun Ghanizadeh
Gelareh Kiazand

Production Company
OWHD Productions

Co-producer
Saeed Nasiri

Co-production Company
Ava Studios

Synopsis
An actress on the brink of losing her family estate is forced into a live online call with her estranged relatives in exile. As long-buried secrets resurface, the encounter becomes a confrontation with the past, and the fate of two sons lost to history comes roaring back.

Biography
Homayoun Ghanizadeh (b. 1980) is an Iranian film and theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, and actor. He began his career founding the Mungu Theatre Company in 2001. He studied Theatre Directing (BA) and earned an MA in Directing from the Art and Architecture University in Iran. He first gained recognition in theatre, and his debut feature film, A Hairy Tale (2019), won the Special Jury Prize for Best Screenplay at the Warsaw Film Festival and received multiple awards at the Fajr Film Festival in Tehran. He has also appeared as an actor, notably in A Dragon Arrives! (2015).

Filmography
2025 Oh, What Happy Days!
2019 A Hairy Tale