A feature film by Vahid Mahdavi
A man wakes inside a place he cannot explain.
The city outside has already changed forever.
A psychological thriller about memory, survival, and the silence left behind after violence.
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The Film
77 Hours is a psychological thriller and political drama set across the nights of January 8 and 9, when Iran's streets become the scene of one of the darkest and bloodiest crackdowns in recent memory.
Unarmed and unprepared, ordinary people are trapped in chaos, gunfire, fear, and death. At the center is a man who is not a hero prepared for battle, but an ordinary person forced to survive in an inhuman catastrophe — surrounded by wounded civilians, security forces, and collapsing memories.
Through a tense, intimate narrative moving between streets, hospital corridors, hidden spaces, and broken recollections, the film explores survival, sacrifice, guilt, silence, and the fragile line between truth and fear.
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Synopsis
What begins as an ordinary day in Tehran turns into a citywide nightmare. As streets close under violence and panic, civilians find themselves trapped in a public massacre they never expected to witness.
After being caught in the chaos, one man wakes in a sealed, unfamiliar space with no clear memory of how he arrived there. Around him are strangers carrying fragments of pain, confusion, and unanswered questions. Memory returns in flashes: a street, a body, a hospital corridor, a voice, a name.
77 Hours follows his struggle to understand what happened and whether escape is possible, while confronting impossible choices between saving himself and helping others, between silence and truth, and between fear and 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.
Official Trailer
Watch the first look at 77 Hours — a tense and emotional feature film about survival, memory, and the human cost of violence.
Film News
Follow the latest media coverage around 77 Hours, including broadcast interviews, commentary, audio clips, and shareable links about the film.
Director Vahid Mahdavi joined GB News to discuss the film, its use of AI, and the urgent truth behind the story at the heart of 77 Hours.
Josh Howie described 77 Hours as “excellent,” “incredible,” and a story that needs to reach as many people as possible.
Honoured to discuss the film, its use of AI, and the urgent truth behind its story on GB News.
A story of fear, memory, and survival — created for cinema.
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Featuring a large ensemble cast of more than 58 performers.
About the Production
77 Hours was developed through a hybrid production process combining real actors, cinematic direction, editing, visual design, and advanced AI-assisted filmmaking tools. The project was created with the ambition of pushing independent cinema into new territory while preserving emotional realism, human performance, and directorial control.
Human characters, emotional direction, and dramatic storytelling remain at the center of the film.
Advanced tools were used to expand the visual world and support the production process.
A bold feature project created outside the traditional studio system.
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Official Trailer
Watch the second trailer for 77 Hours.
