4 Years In Tehran -v0.7- -monia — Sendicate-

v0.7 means the edit isn’t locked. The story is still breathing. And honestly? So am I.

v0.7 — four years, still typing

#4YearsInTehran #MoniaSendicate #v07

— Monia

If you’ve ever lived somewhere that wasn’t supposed to be yours — you’ll recognize the smell of this cut.

Reply “Tehran” if you want the private Vimeo link before the next revision.

For the past 4 years, I’ve been documenting, unlearning, and witnessing a city that refuses to be reduced to headlines. This is not the Tehran of airport transit lounges or 60-second news segments. This is the Tehran of alleyway negotiations, rooftop silence before dawn, and the quiet mathematics of survival and joy. 4 Years in Tehran -v0.7- -Monia Sendicate-

Not a documentary. Not a diary. A draft that refuses to conclude.

#Tehran #4YearsInTehran #MoniaSendicate #Iran #DocumentaryAsBreathing #v07

Not a finale. Not a beginning. A version . So am I

This is for anyone who understands that the most important stories are the ones you live long enough to misplace the ending of.

I stopped trying to "capture" Tehran a long time ago. Now I just stay long enough to be wrong about it again.

I’ve deleted more footage than I’ve kept. Rewritten the logline maybe twenty times. Somewhere along the way, 4 Years in Tehran stopped being a project and started being a practice. For the past 4 years, I’ve been documenting,

What you’ll find here: → Frames that don’t look away → Voices that don’t perform for western gaze → A city that exists whether or not the world is watching