No One Knows About Persian Cats

No One Knows About Persian Cats (Persian: کسی از گربه‌های ایرانی خبر نداره, romanized: Kasi az Gorbehaye Irani Khabar Nadareh) is a 2009 Iranian film directed by Bahman Ghobadi produced by Wild Bunch.

It won the Special Jury Prize Ex-aequo in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

[1] The film follows two young musicians (Ashkan Kooshanejad and Negar) as they form a band and prepare to leave Iran shortly after being released from prison.

The pair befriends a man named Nader (Hamed Behdad), an underground music enthusiast and producer who helps them travel around Tehran and its surrounding areas in order to meet other underground musicians possibly interested in forming a band and later leaving the country.

Limited release: Curzon Soho and key cities[3][full citation needed] Its first official screening was at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize Ex-aequo in the Un Certain Regard section.