The Forbidden University (2025)
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In Iran, higher education is a crime—for Bahá’ís. The Forbidden University exposes a secret underground network where students and teachers risk prison, raids and exile, for the right to learn. Told through daring first-person accounts and striking animated reenactments, this is the hidden story of a secret beacon of hope born in the shadows.
- Release date
- April 11, 2026
- Country of origin
- Canada, United States
Trailer
Cast
- Ava Maria Safai as Tolou
- Mohammadali Beheshtimaal as Shakib
- Parham Rownaghi as Iqan
- Sepideh Yadegar as Neda
- Naseem Naderi as Niknaz
- Hamid Kaloorazi as Head Revolutionary Guard
- Anthony Azizi as Interrogator 1
- Mansour Taeed as Biology Professor
- Shahrokh Ferdowsi as Judge Muqish
- Maryam Zunuzi as Medical Sciences Professor
Crew
- Nauzanin Knight · Director
- Nauzanin Knight · Writer
- Rouzbeh Tebyanian · Composer
- Chase Gardiner · Cinematographer
- Aaron Munson · Cinematographer
- Alicia Krawchuk · Editor
- Lucy Soepenberg · Casting director
- Myron Hyrak · Production designer