PARK CITY – This previous summer season, filmmakers Hossein Keshavarz and Maryam Ataei secretly filmed a exceptional new drama, “The Pal’s Home Is Right here” in Tehran, Iran. It was simply weeks after June’s 12-day battle between the Islamic Republic and Israel. On the time of its world premiere on the 2026 Sundance Movie Competition, simply 5 months later, the Iranian authorities was within the remaining days of one other brutal crackdown on political dissent.

