Under the Shadow
Based on the film by Babak Anvari, Adapted by Carmen Nasr, Directed by Nadia Latif
Event details
Tue 2 Jun – Sat 4 Jul 2026
They travel on the wind, just like that missile, and they only land once they find someone to possess.
When Shideh’s husband is conscripted to serve on the frontline, she is left alone with her young daughter as Tehran is bombed. The missile strikes bring terror and destruction and something more ancient and malevolent carried on the wind.
Nadia Latif (Fairview; Marys Seacole) directs Leila Farzad (I Hate Suzie; Kaos) in Carmen Nasr’s (The Maladies; The Climbers) eerie adaptation of Babak Anvari’s BAFTA-winning horror film. Set amid the 1980s Iran-Iraq War, Under the Shadow explores the boundary between the rational and the irrational, and the question of whether to leave or stay.
Praise for the original film:
★★★★★ “A ghostly Iranian gem” The Observer
“A gripping thriller about a mother and daughter under supernatural siege” The Hollywood Reporter
Tickets on sale in February 2026.
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Cast & Creatives
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Cast
Leila Farzad
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Creatives
Babak Anvari
Original Film
Carmen Nasr
Adapter
Nadia Latif
Director
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Under the Shadow is generously supported by Dianne Roberts.
