Filmed by their uncle Massoud Bakhshi, three sisters – Mahya, Zahra, and later Makela – grow up in Tehran, from childhood games to adult life, in a society where social and religious norms dictate women’s lives. From carefree youth to political activism, All My Sisters retraces 18 years of personal and collective growth, revealing desires for freedom and resistance shared by young Iranian women.
Spanning the long and precious times of childhood and adolescence, All My Sisters gives the documentary form a remarkable ethical dimension, freely expressing the perspectives of those being filmed.
« All My Sisters s’intéresse davantage au matériel d’archives qu’à l'acte de visionner, mais ce dispositif métanarratif permet au documentaire de soulever, sans les poser explicitement, des questions supplémentaires sur le regard et l’éthique. »
Savina Petkova Cineuropa 24/11/2025
Massoud Bakhshi
Born in Tehran in 1972, Massoud Bakhshi is an Iranian director; who studied photography and film in Rome and Paris. He began his career as a critic, screenwriter and producer before moving on to directing. He has directed a dozen of internationally acclaimed documentaries and short films, including Tehran Has No More Pomegrenates! (2007). His first feature fiction film, A Respectable Family (2012), premiered at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, and Yalda: A Night for Forgiveness (2019) won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and was selected at the Berlinale.
