Screening “My Favourite Cake” – The Persianate Cinema Series Presents

For the second movie in the Persianate Cinema Series we will be screening My Favourite Cake , a tender, quietly subversive Iranian tragicomedy that follows Mahin, a 70-year-old widow in Tehran. Craving companionship, she breaks her solitary routine and boldly invites a single retired taxi driver, Faramarz, to her home. Their blossoming, late-in-life romance transforms into a poignant, heartwarming exploration of joy, freedom, and human connection.

The film is in Persian with English subtitles.

Directed by Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha, with lead actors Lili Farhadpour and Esmaeel Mehrabi. A film made in 2024.

Sunday 7 June 2026 at Khalili Lecture Thatre, SOAS University of London, Russell Square WC1H 0XG

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