Black Rabbit, White Rabbit
Southeast Asian Premiere
Shahram Mokri Tajikistan, UAE 2025 139 min NC16 (Some Violence)
A death in an antique shop activates a maze of possible worlds where actors, filmmakers and obsessions intertwine through cinema.
A woman suspects her car accident was planned. A prop master fears the gun is real. A young woman seizes her chance to audition. Seemingly unrelated stories converge around the remake of a classic Iranian film, each unfolding into another truth, another illusion.
In this film, Shahram Mokri adheres to Anton Chekhov’s principle that every element introduced must pay off – each detail turns into both promise and distraction, its meaning fractured across mirrored scenes, time loops, and reenactments. The continuous long take becomes a choreography of precision and misdirection, shaping what is seen and believed. Mokri exposes how cinema deceives by allowing it to perform its own paradox: sleight of hand and its undoing.
Synopsis Writer: Sim Jiaying
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30 Nov, Sun 10:00AM / 139 min
Golden Village Suntec, Hall 3
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6 Dec, Sat 10:00AM / 139 min
Golden Village Suntec, Hall 3
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Black Rabbit, White Rabbit
Shahram Mokri
Tajikistan, UAE
2025
Tajiki Persian, Russian
English
139 min
NC16 (Some Violence)
Southeast Asian Premiere
Shahram Mokri
Shahram Mokri is an Iranian filmmaker, screenwriter, critic and editor whose films are known for complex, time-bending narratives. A graduate of Tehran University of Film, his films include Fish & Cat (2013) and Careless Crime (2020), both of which were screened at Venice. Black Rabbit, White Rabbit premiered at Busan.
Babak Karimi,
Hasti Mohammaï,
Kibriyo Dilyobova
Negar Eskandarfar
