To kick off this 36th edition of the festival, which runs from 8 to 13 July, we invite you to join us on Tuesday 8 July at 9pm, in the exceptional setting of the Théâtre Silvain! Preview screening of Kontinental ‘25 in the presence of Radu Jude and Eszter Tompa. Free admission.

For its 36th edition, FIDMarseille remains true to its mission: to spotlight independent cinema that is attentive to the echoes of the contemporary world and to the stories that reveal its fractures, both intimate and collective.

To kick off this 36th edition of the festival, which runs from 8 to 13 July, we invite you to join us on Tuesday 8 July at 9pm, in the exceptional setting of the Théâtre Silvain! Preview screening of Kontinental ‘25 in the presence of Radu Jude and Eszter Tompa. Free admission.

For its 36th edition, FIDMarseille remains true to its mission: to spotlight independent cinema that is attentive to the echoes of the contemporary world and to the stories that reveal its fractures, both intimate and collective.

گل‌های شب ِدریا, Daria’s Night Flowers

Maryam Tafakory

Iran, United Kingdom, France, 2025, Color, 15’

World Premiere

The night flowers in Daria’s garden hide the secrets of a country that has turned love stories into routine crime scenes. A tale of patriarchal violence combined with botanical (mis)uses, told from the archives of Iranian cinema.

Technical sheet

  • Subtitles:
    Screenings on 10.07 and 11.07 subtitled in French/English; screening on 13.07 subtitled in English only.
  • Script:
    Maryam Tafakory
  • Editing:
    Maryam Tafakory
  • Sound:
    Stefan Smith
  • Production:
    Maryam Tafakory
  • Contact:
    Square Eyes

Filmography

  • Maryam Tafakory

    • Fragments of a Letter, 2014
    • I Was Five, 2014
    • Taklif, 2014
    • Poem & Stone, 2015
    • Absent Wound, 2016
    • I Have Sinned a Rapturous Sin, 2017
    • Irani Bag, 2020
    • Nazarbazi, 2022
    • Mast-del, 2023
    • Razeh-del, 2024