🔸The acclaimed documentary film “Exercises for a Revolution,” directed by Pâegah Aahangarani, has been selected as the United Kingdom’s representative to participate in the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards.

🔸The film was submitted by a committee made up of members and representatives of the BAFTA film branch, the British Film and Television Academy.

🔸Selection of the film does not mean a definite nomination, and after reviewing the submitted works, the Academy of Oscars announces its shortlist and then its final nominees to claim the awards.

🔸“Exercises for a Revolution” first premiered in the Special Screenings section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in France, where it won the Golden Eye Award for Best Documentary of the festival.

🔸In this film, Pâegah Aahangarani tells her own life and more than four decades of Iran’s history through five portraits of her relatives and teachers, using home photos and videos and historical films from the past five decades.