im glad you can see Not an illusion here . Not an illusion is a film about hope , struggle and resistance - and important of music and art . It is the true story of underground / alternative musicians of Iran - young people who are seeking cultural freedom . Made over 6 years since 2003 and in fact under some extremely difficult situations . I'm happy that against all the odds it was made and is out so to bring our voice to the world .

Incase you have seen a similar film from iran recently Please note that is a remake / copy without permission ! -- it was in Cannes Festival in 2009 ( title no one knows about Persian cats ) shot by the same camera man and a well known Iranian director over 17 days . . Sadly we don't have solid copy right law in Iran so that makes everything even more complicated ... it portraits yet again another discriminatin against us-- .... and that even among those who say they care men think they can do whatever the like .

you can read my words in details later --

Well Finally I have my special thanks to to Michael Hudecek - Rouhi Rezaie and Christopher Hird for their support during these years as well as few other professionals , friends and family and musicians who contributed to this work one way or another .

I hope you enjoy watching the film here and support in any way you can -- so we Not an illusion can be seen by wider audience and in other platforms with better quality .

Thank you very much . have a great viewing .