Slipping from light into darkness, Valentina Abenavoli's Anaesthesia is a punch in the gut on the horrid spectacle of modern warfare and its emotional and psychological implications.
The weary gazes of generations of women coerced to comply to a regime-crafted mold bluntly stare back at you. In Amak Mahmoodian’s Shenasnameh, the clashing forces of personal and political identity meet in surprising poetic harmony.