IDA Screening | Rehearsals for a Revolution | Q&A Panel

Presented by the IDA Documentary Screening Series and Sony Pictures Classics, the screening invites members to a special Q&A of Rehearsals for a Revolution exclusively for IDA members, Academy and Guild Members, and select industry leaders.

This Q&A conversation features Director Pegah Ahangarani, moderated by Documentary magazine Interim Editor Manuel Betancourt, followed by virtual credits. Recorded in Los Angeles, on September 18, 2026. 

About the Film:
Through five portraits of relatives and mentors, five expressions of resistance, Pegah Ahangarani sketches her life story. Drawing from personal archives, home videos, street protests footage, newspapers, and recorded voices, she retraces more than 40 years of Iran’s history. From the early days of 1979, until the war that began in 2026, she pieces together intimate and collective memories, forming the portrait of a country shaped by political repression and in constant hope for a revolution.

Rehearsals for a Revolution, Sony Pictures Classics, Directed by Pegah Ahangarani. Produced by Kaveh Farna, Adrià Monés, Parnian Farnam, Pegah Ahangarani, and Arash Ashtiani. Edited by Arash Ashtiani. Executive produced by Enric Bach and Sergi Moreno.