City of Poets
Director: Sara Rajaei
Country: Netherlands
Year: 2024
Length: 21'
Genre: documentary
Screenplay: Sara Rajaei
Cinematography: Mohammad Mahdi Yaghobian
Editing: Nathalie Alonso Casale
Music: Milan Gataric
Sound design: Milan Gataric
Production company: Near/By Film
Through a collage of personal archive footage, the history of a metaphorical city emerges where every street is named after a poet. When the system changes and war begins, the names are replaced and refugees arrive, leaving residents lost amid the memories of forgotten poets.