A closer look at “Third Land Director Farzad Khoshdast on Filming Iranian Refugees in Turkey: 'Extremely Ten”, exactly as the source publishes it. In his new documentary Third Land, Iranian émigré director Farzad Khoshdast follows an Iranian engineer, his wife Hananeh, and their son as they navigate life in permanent limbo as refugees in Turkey. The film, which is screening this week at the Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival, captures the dail The film, which is screening this week at the Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival, captures the daily contradictions and precarious existence of a family caught between borders, unable to return home or fully settle elsewhere.
Khoshdast, himself an Iranian living in exile, spent months embedded with the family, documenting their struggles with bureaucracy, discrimination, and the psychological toll of displacement. He describes the experience as 'extremely tense and frightening,' not only because of the family’s vulnerability but also due to the risks of filming undocumented migrants in a country where refugees face constant surveillance and deportation threats. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.