09/12/2025
✨ We are thrilled to share the news!
The documentary THREE WAYS OF RETURNING has been officially selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). «Feminist Focus programme and Cinema Regained selections revealed for IFFR 2026.»
Created through a dialogue between three filmmakers, three geographies, and three distinct ways of looking at memory, home, and return, this film will have its festival premiere in Rotterdam.
🎬 THREE WAYS OF RETURNING (80 mins, 2026)
A documentary by
Mania Akbari
Xiaolu Guo
Andrea Luka Zimmerman
China • Germany • Iran • UK
Languages: Chinese, German & Iranian (Farsi) with English subtitles
🎧 Sound Design: Philippe Ciompi, Perspective Films, Diyar Akar.
🎨 Colour Grading: Jason R. Moffat, Diyar Akar.
Poster: Kimia Fathali
This film is a journey across borders, bodies, and inner landscapes — an exploration of how we return, and what it means to belong.
Thank you to everyone who walked with us on this path.
