Grand Me. 2024. Directed by Atiye Zare Arandi

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Grand Me. 2024. Iran/Belgium. Directed by Atiye Zare Arandi. Courtesy CAT&Docs

Grand Me. 2024. Iran/Belgium. Directed by Atiye Zare Arandi. North American premiere. In Farsi; English subtitles. 80 min.

People are complicated and families are hard—two truisms that collide with tremendous force in Atiye Zare Arandi’s feature documentary debut, Grand Me. At 9 years old, Melina is of age to bring forth a legal case for her guardianship. The problem: neither of her divorced parents is especially interested in taking their daughter home. Melina might be cinema’s most independently minded youth this side of Antoine Doinel, but in looking closely at the circumstances, Zare Arandi—Melina’s aunt—discovers the hurt only children are capable of experiencing. Bracing but never overbearing, and with a Kiarostami-esque car ride brilliantly anchoring its narrative in contemporary Iran, Grand Me is a shining vision of both selfishness and resilience. Winner of the Next:Wave Award at CPH:DOX.

This film accompanies New Directors/New Films 2025.

Past events

Sun, Apr 13, 2025, 1:15 p.m.

Film at Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater
Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 2:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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