Movement House

FIREWALL follows Ani, an Iranian-American girl in Texas longing for her father, lost and unreachable due to an internet firewall in politically turbulent Iran. Ani finds comfort in playing the cello and a beloved pop-up book of the Shahnameh, Iran's longest epic poem. Her mother's frustration over Iranian protests heightens the tension at home, but Ani becomes immersed in a vivid retelling of the Persian legend of Zahhak, the Serpent King. One night, when her father mysteriously returns, ancient Persian mythology intertwines with her reality, forcing her to confront the physical and mental demons that have kept her from finding peace.

Greta goes about getting her laundry done at a crowded laundromat, before receiving an emotionally charged call from her sister.

An aging matriarch is reluctant to move out of her dilapidated — and literally under water — home for reasons her daughter does not fully understand, but which hold sway over them both.