{"id":33569,"date":"2026-01-14T15:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/filme-2015-manuscripts-dont-burn\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:37:12","slug":"filme-2015-manuscripts-dont-burn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/filme-2015-manuscripts-dont-burn\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuscripts Don&#8217;t Burn"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2362\" height=\"1329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/F-09-MANUSCRIPTS-08.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/F-09-MANUSCRIPTS-08.jpg 2362w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/F-09-MANUSCRIPTS-08-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/F-09-MANUSCRIPTS-08-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/F-09-MANUSCRIPTS-08-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/F-09-MANUSCRIPTS-08-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/F-09-MANUSCRIPTS-08-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/F-09-MANUSCRIPTS-08-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/F-09-MANUSCRIPTS-08-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/F-09-MANUSCRIPTS-08-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2362px) 100vw, 2362px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Manuscripts Don&#8217;t Burn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Dast-Neveshtehaa Nemisoosand<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DIRECTOR: <\/strong>Mohammad Rasoulof\u00a0 <strong>COUNTRY: <\/strong>Iran <strong>YEAR: <\/strong>2013\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>LANGUAGE(S): <\/strong>Persian <strong>SUBTITLES: <\/strong>German <strong>RUNNING TIME: <\/strong>134 min\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SECTION: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/2015-vorspiel\">Vorpsiel\/Prelude 2015<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"Stand--Fett wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe means by which an authoritarian regime succeeds in silencing independent voices is the subject of Manuscripts Don\u2019t Burn, the slow-burning, clandestinely made fifth fiction feature by Iranian helmer-writer Mohammad Rasoulof. A brave, challenging picture that makes the viewer complicit in the action, it is also perhaps the first film since the declaration of the Islamic Republic to confront so directly the brutality of the feared security apparatus [\u2026] The violence in this film is, for the most part, understated, depicted<br>as an everyday part of Khosrow and Morteza\u2019s jobs. Yet even as these men go about their diabolical deeds, Rasoulof provides a sliver of hope by showing that there is always a witness, both within the film itself and by extension, via the audience. No warm tones intrude on the well-executed lensing, much of which is done in tightly framed closeups. The claustrophobic visuals, as well as the sophisticated and increasingly ominous<br>sound design, reinforce a \u2018no exit\u2019 feel. Those in the know say all exteriors were shot in Iran, while the interior scenes were filmed in Germany.\u201d (Variety)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"R\u00e9volution Zendj - Bande annonce HD VOST\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q8O_TArdlOU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MOHAMMAD RASOULOF<\/strong><br>Mohammad Rasoulof was born in Shiraz in 1973. He studied sociology at Shiraz University, and film editing at Sooreh Higher Education Institute in Tehran. His first feature-length film, THE TWILIGHT, was released in 2002. His second feature, IRON ISLAND, won him international recognition as one of the most important filmmakers of the new wave of Iranian Cinema. GOODBYE won him the Best Directors award of the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. On December 20, 2010, he was sentenced by<br>the government of Iran to six years in prison on charges of \u201cassembly, collusion, and propagandizing against the regime.\u201d His appeal is still pending. Mohammad Rasoulof was the patron of NIHRFF 2013, but was prevented from travelling to Nuremberg when Iranian authorities confiscated his travel documents right before the festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FILMOGRAPHY<\/strong><br>The Twilight (2002), Iron Island (2005), Im Reich der Schl\u00fcssel (2008), The White Meadows (2009), Goodbye (2011), Manuscripts Don&#8217;t Burn (2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SCRIPT:<\/strong> Mohammad Rasoulof <strong>PRODUCER:<\/strong>\u00a0Mohammad Rasoulof <strong>CAMERA: <\/strong>Anonymous\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>EDITOR: <\/strong>Anonymous\u00a0 <strong>MUSIC: <\/strong>Anonymous<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WORLD SALES: <\/strong>Elle Dirver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manuscripts Don&#8217;t Burn Dast-Neveshtehaa Nemisoosand DIRECTOR: Mohammad Rasoulof\u00a0 COUNTRY: Iran YEAR: 2013\u00a0\u00a0 LANGUAGE(S): Persian SUBTITLES: German RUNNING TIME: 134 min\u00a0\u00a0 SECTION: Vorpsiel\/Prelude 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":33567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,316],"tags":[363,492],"class_list":["post-33569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-filme-2015-en","tag-2015-en","tag-vorspiel-prelude-en"],"mb":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["title"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33569"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33575,"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33569\/revisions\/33575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}