Chess of
the Wind + Q&A

Opening screening of Lost, Banned, Reclaimed: Mohammad Reza Aslani’s Chess of the Wind (1976), followed by a Q&A with Iranian actor and filmmaker Ali Mosaffa. The wider programme runs 19 November–12 December 2026 and brings together films from Iran, Armenia, Egypt and Kazakhstan that were once forgotten, lost or suppressed and have been restored. It also includes Sergei Parajanov’s The Colour of Pomegranates (1969), Shadi Abdel Salam’s The Night of Counting the Years (1969) and Ardak Amirkulov’s The Fall of Otrar (1991). Curated by Ali Lalfam in partnership with the National Film and Television School and the ICA. Tickets are available.