Inside Amir (2025)

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Iranian director Amir Azizi’s biographical drama has won the top GdA Director’s Award at the 22nd edition of Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori, which was previously known as Venice Days.

Described as a love letter to Tehran and based loosely on Azizi’s own experiences, Inside Amir explores what it means to leave one mother country for a life elsewhere.

Amirhossein Hosseini plays Amir, a young man in Tehran on the verge of emigrating to join his fiancée in Italy. As his departure date draws closer, Amir reflects on scattered memories and unfinished conversations, and frets about leaving his beloved push-bike behind. [source]