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32nd Festival of Films from Iran – Universal Language (Une langue universelle)

January 26 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

$10

Event Admission

Admission $9 General admission $10 Admission for film festivals presented at the MFAH $2 discount MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+) Free Children 5 and younger Purchasing Tickets The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by credit card only. Tickets may be purchased in advance in three ways: online, via ticket links on mfah.org/calendar or mfah.org/film pages; in the MFAH lobbies during Museum hours; and at the box office prior to screenings. The box office opens an hour before showtime. In order to allow as many people as possible to be seated on time, staff may need to refrain from printing multiple advance tickets within the hour of a posted film screening. Join Film Buffs, the Museum’s patron group, and receive at least 10 free admissions to MFAH films, plus discounted admission thereafter. Location & Directions The MFAH has two theaters: Brown Auditorium Theater in the Law Building (1001 Bissonnet Street) and the Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building (5500 Main Street). Learn more about parking and transportation options at the Museum. Subtitles All films originating in foreign languages are shown with English subtitles, unless otherwise noted. Ratings Many of the films are not rated and may be inappropriate for younger viewers. Closed-Captioning & Audio-Description Capabilities Brown Auditorium Theater is equipped for closed-captioning and audio-description services when the film presented has such features enabled. Please note that the MFAH screens rare and rediscovered prints of movie classics; new and historical works; restored silent films; thematic retrospectives; and innovative works by contemporary film, video, and new-media artists. Many of these titles are not distributed with closed-captioning and audio-description capabilities. Accessibility If you have any questions or requests concerning accessibility resources in the Museum’s auditoriums, email accessibility@mfah.org or call 713.639.7300.

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Houston’s 32nd “Festival of Films from Iran” runs January 24–31, 2025, at the MFAH. Additional screenings take place at Rice Cinema through February 2.

This film is shortlisted for the category International Feature Film for the 97th Academy Awards on March 2, 2025.

In a town somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg everyone speaks French or Persian. Stories begin to overlap: children try to liberate money frozen in the ice, a man guides befuddled tourists through historic sites of Winnipeg, and a government employee (Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin) quits his job in a Québecois government office to set out upon an enigmatic journey to visit his mother. Rankin and Iranian writers Ila Firouzabadi and Pirouz Nemati won the inaugural Directors’ Fortnight Audience Award at Cannes for this absurdist comedy that variously evokes the films of Abbas Kiarostami, Wes Anderson, and Guy Maddin.

“Universal Language offers an idiosyncratic vision of a world connected by the threads of chance and fate, but most powerfully through kindness and stories.”
– Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Details

Date:
January 26
Time:
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Cost:
$10
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Website:
https://www.mfah.org/calendar/universal-language

Organization

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Phone
713-639-7300
Email
visitorservices@mfah.org
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Museum of Fine Arts – Audrey Jones Beck Building
5601 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005 United States
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