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77 Hours — the film about Iran's Two Nights
A psychological thriller by Vahid Mahdavi, set across the nights of 8 and 9 January 2026. Watch the trailers, read the story, and see the documented record behind it.
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77 Hours — the feature film about Iran's Two Nights
A psychological thriller by Vahid Mahdavi, set across the nights of 8 and 9 January 2026, when Iran's streets became the scene of one of the bloodiest crackdowns in the country's recent history. This page collects the trailers, the story, the people behind the film, and the documented record the film is built on. Official site: 77hrs.com ↗
Trailers
Both official trailers, embedded from the production's own YouTube channel. Persian dialogue with English subtitles.
The film at a glance
| Title | 77 Hours (77HOURS) |
|---|---|
| Written & directed by | Vahid Mahdavi |
| Produced by | CVP CHAT Production |
| Genre | Psychological thriller / political drama |
| Runtime | Approx. 77 minutes |
| Language | Persian, with English subtitles |
| Setting | Tehran, the nights of 8–9 January 2026 |
| Release | Selected cinema screenings and special events |
| Official site | 77hrs.com |
| IMDb | tt43615766 |
The story
77 Hours begins on what looks like an ordinary day in Tehran. Within hours the city has changed permanently: streets close under gunfire, panic spreads faster than information, and unarmed civilians find themselves inside a public massacre nobody prepared them for.
At the centre is not a hero built for battle but an ordinary man, forced to survive an inhuman catastrophe among wounded strangers, security forces and collapsing recollections. He wakes in a sealed, unfamiliar space with no clear memory of how he arrived. Around him are people carrying their own fragments of pain and unanswered questions. Memory returns in flashes — a street, a body, a hospital corridor, a voice, a name.
What follows is his attempt to understand what happened to his city and whether escape is possible at all, while facing impossible choices: saving himself or helping others, silence or truth, fear or the last remaining pieces of courage.
Fragments
- “The street remembers what the city tries to erase.”
- “Some wounds are treated. Some are hidden.”
- “In the cold, memory becomes a weapon.”
- “When the truth disappears, survival begins with remembering.”
The people behind the film
Vahid Mahdavi
Writer, director, and director of the film's AI cinematic workflow. Mahdavi has spoken publicly about using AI-assisted production to tell a story that could not be filmed on the streets where it is set.
CVP CHAT Production
The production company behind the feature, responsible for the film's release through selected cinema screenings and special events.
Independent release
With no access to Iranian locations, cast or distribution, 77 Hours reaches audiences through cinema events, festival-style screenings and diaspora venues rather than domestic release.
Screenings
Announced dates at the time of writing. The production keeps the live list — including new cities and ticket links — on its own site.
| City | Venue | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | The Royal Theater | 29 August 2026 | 20:00 |
| Copenhagen | Grand Teatret | 13 September 2026 | 19:00 |
The nights the film is set in
77 Hours is fiction, but the two nights at its centre are not. On 8 and 9 January 2026, security forces opened fire on unarmed demonstrators across multiple Iranian cities; the killings were followed by mass arrests, deaths in custody, and a wave of executions. Our documentation of those nights — names, dates, locations and sources — is kept separately from the film.
Memorials
Full biographies of named victims of the crackdown and the executions that followed.
Video record
Broadcast reporting and verified footage from BBC, DW, France 24, Amnesty International and others.
Coverage and interviews
Media around the film, plus reporting on the events it depicts. The GB News interview with the director is hosted by the production and opens on the official site.
- Vahid Mahdavi on GB News ↗ — the director discusses the film, its AI-assisted production, and the events behind the story. Interviewer Josh Howie called the film “excellent” and “incredible”.
- 77 Hours on IMDb ↗ — cast, crew and audience ratings.
- CVP CHAT on YouTube ↗ — the production's channel, where both trailers are published.
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Questions about the film
What is 77 Hours about?
An ordinary man in Tehran is caught in the mass violence of 8–9 January 2026 and wakes in a sealed, unfamiliar space with no memory of how he got there. The film follows his attempt to recover what happened, and to decide what he owes the people trapped alongside him.
Who made it?
Written and directed by Vahid Mahdavi, produced by CVP CHAT Production. Approximately 77 minutes, Persian with English subtitles.
Where can I watch it?
Through selected cinema screenings and special events — announced dates include Toronto (29 August 2026) and Copenhagen (13 September 2026). The live list and tickets are on 77hrs.com.
Is it a documentary?
No. It is a fictional psychological thriller set during real, documented events. For the factual record of those nights, see The Two Nights and Faces.
Is this page affiliated with the production?
No. iranholocaust.org is an independent documentary record. This page is editorial coverage of the film; images and trailers are used with attribution and embedded from the production's own channels.
Documentaries
Long-form documentaries on Iran
Feature films, investigations and a three-part series on the uprising, the crackdown and the people behind the record.