About this event
Meet the World through Film and Food
Screen with No Borders brings together communities in Sussex and beyond to connect, engage and immerse themselves in the stories, people, landscapes and cultures of Global Majority countries. We create nourishing evenings with film, food and open conversations to explore themes such as justice, migration, love, memory and identity, through a shared curiosity for our rich and diverse world.
Hit the Road (Panah Panahi, 2021, 1:33min)
A chaotic, tender Iranian family — mother, father, taciturn elder son and irrepressibly hyperactive six-year-old, plus their ailing dog — pile into an overloaded SUV for a road trip across the rugged mountains and plains of northwestern Iran. Dad has a broken leg (or so he claims), Mum laughs to keep from crying, and the youngest keeps erupting into car-seat karaoke, all while the family needles and teases one another with a tenderness beneath the chaos. As the journey unfolds through stunning, sparse landscapes, it slowly becomes clear that this is no ordinary holiday.
Moving fluidly between comedy and heartbreak, Panah Panahi's debut draws on the poetic realism of the Iranian New Wave while carving out a voice distinctly his own. Anchored by a stunning performance from Pantea Panahiha as the mother and Rayan Sarlak as the youngest son, the film uses the intimate space of the family car to explore exile, separation and the difficulty of saying goodbye, without ever losing its warmth or its wicked sense of humour.
Food is served by Soraya at Taarof, a local chef and caterer who uses her mixed heritage food as a conduit for bringing people together to create a culturally enriched community.
Join us for a hearty bowl of Iranian food (and something sweet) at 7pm
Film screening with short introduction starts at — 7:30pm
Post screening conversation — 9:30pm – 10:15pm
