Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi (A Time for Drunken Horses) secretly filmed this docudrama about music in Iran, based on a screenplay he wrote with his fiancée, journalist Roxana Saberi (who was recently released after a 5 month stint in an Iranian jail for espionage). In Iran, rock music is against the law, as is singing in English, as well as any single female singing. This wonderful small movie tells a story of Negara and Ashkar, two young, bohemian artists who want to sing indie-folk-rock and dream of playing in Europe at a festival, but are unable to make the arrangements legitimately. They connect with Nader, a fast-talking manager who takes them on a revelatory journey through the actual underground music scene of Tehran. Making this clandestinely filmed story landed the crew in jail twice, and won the Un Certain Regarde Special Jury Prize at Cannes.