Apr 24, 2026 1:00am PT

Cannes ACID Doc ‘Into the Jaws of the Ogre,’ With Footage Shot in Iran Under Censorship, Lands at Rediance (EXCLUSIVE)

Naman Ramachandran, Nick Vivarelli

Beijing-based sales company Rediance has taken on international sales of “Into the Jaws of the Ogre,” the debut feature documentary from Iranian-French director Mahsa Karampour, which is set to screen in the ACID sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival.

The film centres on Karampour’s reunion with her brother Siâvash, formerly a vocalist in an Iranian underground punk band now living in exile in New York. The pair travel through New York City and along American highways, the journey surfacing memories of Tehran – among them footage Karampour shot in Iran under censorship, her brother’s childhood recollections, and the story of the murder of Siâvash’s band, The Yellow Dogs, in New York. As Siâvash increasingly retreats into imaginary characters, the documentary traces a sibling relationship shaped and strained by displacement, set against a backdrop of escalating tension between Iran and the United States that carries personal consequences for both subjects.

Cannes ACID Doc 'Into the Jaws of the Ogre,' With Footage Shot in Iran Under Censorship, Lands at Rediance (EXCLUSIVE)