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ScreenDaily‘s new Tribeca Film Festival review of WHEN GOD SLEEPS is out! Andy Kaufman writes, “Facing fines, prison-time and a hundred lashes for what was deemed blasphemous music by the Iranian right, Najafi left in 2005. But as shown in this intimate and compelling documentary, Najafi still remains very much a target in exile. In a time of rising fundamentalist attacks in Europe, from the killings at Charlie Hebdo to the Paris Bataclan concert hall, Najafi fears he could be next.” Read the rest of the piece here.

We’re very excited to announce that WHEN GOD SLEEPS is an official selection at the inaugural DocLands Documentary Film Festival! Presented by the California Film Institute, the festival will take place in Marin County, California from May 10th to May 14th. Tickets are on sale now and details can be found here.

Director Till Schauder recently spoke in-depth with Salon‘s Gary Kramer about WHEN GOD SLEEPS, including the concerns he had regarding safety. Read the full interview here.

We’re honored for WHEN GOD SLEEPS to be amongst the impressive slate of political documentaries at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival! Tickets are still available but selling out quickly. “With the election, our priorities changed,” says programming director Cara Cusumano. It became clear that there are very different worlds within this country, and nonfiction storytelling provides such a valuable mode for empathy and communication.”  

Our film has been highlighted in the RS article “Tribeca Film Festival 2017: 20 Movies We Can’t Wait to See”. We’re thrilled to be listed amongst this year’s fantastic lineup, which includes documentaries about Clive Davis, Whitney Houston, and other transformative people and subjects. Check out the article with the link above, and click here to view our festival page.

The April 20th premiere of WHEN GOD SLEEPS is selling out fast, so order your tickets now! Click here to find available showtimes. Screenings: April 20, 2017 – 8:00 PM @ Cinépolis Chelsea April 21, 2017 – 8:30 PM @ Regal Cinemas Battery Park April 29, 2017 – 4:00 PM @Cinépolis Chelsea April 30, 2017 – 8:30 PM @ Regal Cinemas Battery Park

We are very excited to announce that WHEN GOD SLEEPS will premiere at the 2017 Tribeca International Film Festival as an official selection. See a complete list of this year’s festival line-up on the Tribeca website:

WHEN GOD SLEEPS (which is still in post-production) has just won the “Most Valuable Documentary of the Year Award” from Cinema for Peace. A very big congratulations to the team: Till Schauder, Sara Nodjoumi, Tina Grapenthin, Mark Becker, Bonni Cohen Shenk, Abby Disney, Chris Clements, Michael Ehrenzweig, Aron Koszeg, Gini Reticker, Lisa Kleiner Chanoff, Jutta Krug, Leili Bazargan, Alessandro d’Ansembourg, and everyone else involved in the production of the film!