Trylon Cinema
2820 E 33rd St, Minneapolis, MN 55406
The 2025 Mizna Film Series presents some of our favorite archival classics from the past 60 years of Iran’s cinema history. Beginning with a beloved class from Abbas Kiarostami and ending with a tribute to Dariush Mehrjui, we’re proud to present these films in collaboration with the Twin Cities Iranian Culture Collective and the Trylon Cinema. Learn more about the Mizna Film Series here.
Composed of seven interconnected stories, each delving into the struggles and complexities of working-class life and labor, Tales reflects on myriad social, political, and personal crises facing modern Iranians. Blending documentary and narrative forms, the film subverts expectations and examines the relationship between reality and storytelling, blurring these lines to examine the impacts of drug addiction, domestic violence, and union crackdowns, all bound up in a critique of an overly bureaucratic state. Selected to compete and screen at many renowned events, like the Venice International Film Festival and TIFF, Banietemad’s film is as relevant today as it was upon its release.

Only at our upcoming Mizna Film Series screenings! Watch the films of renowned Iranian filmmaker Rakhshan Banietemad + a post-screening discussion between the filmmaker and professor Sima Shakhsari.
Watch IN-PERSON ONLY July 26, 2025 at 1pm Trylon Cinema
