The Vanishing Point
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“A poetic collage of pain, taboos, and a search for clues”
Exiled from Iran after the ban on her 2009 film about the Green Movement, a filmmaker breaks her family’s decades-long silence about a disappeared cousin, executed during the 1988 purges in political prisons.
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Bani Khoshnoudi Director · Claire Atherton Editor
First release April 6, 2025 · Produced in Iran, United States, France · Languages English, Persian
Production
KinoElektron
Production
Pensée Sauvage Films
Production
Iran · United States · France
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Original title
نقطه گریز
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
English · Persian
Release dates
Switzerland · April 6, 2025
Premiere · Visions du Réel
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
October 23, 2025 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
France
March 25, 2026 · Premiere · Cinéma du Réel
Germany
July 4, 2025 · Premiere · Munich International Film Festival
Peru
October 16, 2025 · Premiere · Lima Alterna Film Festival
South Korea
September 14, 2025 · Premiere · DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
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