Tehran Contemporary Sounds Festival 2026

Das Tehran Contemporary Sounds Festival widmet sich künstlerischen Positionen aus dem Iran und dessen transnationalen Kontexten. An mehreren Tagen treffen elektronische Klänge, Improvisation und audiovisuelle Arbeiten aufeinander. Das Programm im silent green umfasst eine Mischung aus Konzerten und Ausstellungen. Dabei werden traditionelle Instrumente mit zeitgenössischen Ansätzen wie Turntablism oder experimentellem Jazz kombiniert. Ergänzt wird das musikalische Angebot durch Filmvorführungen im Moviemento Kino. Diese zeigen Kurzfilme iranischer Filmemacher sowie Arbeiten des libanesischen Intuitive FilmLab.

Tehran Contemporary Sounds 2026 7th Edition · 11–15 November 2026 · Berlin Tehran Contemporary Sounds returns for its seventh edition from 11–15 November 2026, bringing together experimental music, sound art, cinema, visual art, performance and interdisciplinary practices connected to Iran and its wider transnational contexts. The festival opens at Moviemento Kino with two evenings of experimental cinema. The first presents selected films by Iranian filmmakers working in Iran. The second is presented in collaboration with Experimental Film Society (EFS) as part of our Cinematic Synesthesia programme, featuring a selection of films by The Intuitive FilmLab, an independent film collective from Lebanon. From 13–15 November, the festival moves into a three-day mixed-media exhibition bringing together Iranian artists working inside and outside Iran, alongside presentations by independent sound-art collectives and artists based in Iran. The live programme brings together a wide range of experimental practices, from electronic music, improvisation and sound art to Persian and Finnish instruments, traditional weaving, turntablism, contemporary jazz and audiovisual performance. Artists include Gnäw, Saba Arat, Nadia Tehran / TEHRAN, Abdullah Miniawy, Iman Jesmi, Herr Spectre, LABOUR, Elshan Ghasimi & Joss Turnbull, Ava Rasti, Shiva Feshareki & Kit Downes, alongside showcases curated with Mosaic, the Berlin-based series for experimental jazz, improvisation and contemporary music. The seventh edition closes with a panel discussion and the final day of performances, continuing TCS's ongoing exploration of artistic practices that move between disciplines, geographies and cultural contexts. TCS 2026 brings together artists connected to Iran, its diaspora and wider international experimental scenes, as a diverse field of practices, collaborations and encounters. ------------------Music Program--------------------- Friday: 13th November Tezgah (Saba Arat, Tarxun & Karlo Sono) Gnäw Tehran Abdullah Minawy (Mosaic Showcase) Saturday: 14th November Iman Jesmi Herr Spectre Babak Ahteshamipour Gropper/Kosack/Henkelhausen/Lichtenberger (Mosaic Showcase) Labour Sunday: 15th November Joss Turnbull & Elshan Ghasimi Contagious Ava Rasti Shiva Fesharaki & Kit Downes -------------------Kino Program--------------------- TCS 2026 hosts two film nights at Moviemento Kino: on 10 November, nine short films by independent Iranian filmmakers, and on 11 November, nine short films by filmmakers of Lebanon’s Intuitive FilmLab, as part of Cinematic Synesthesia IV. Programme One: Selected short films by Iranian film makers Golha Hotel - Moosa Ebrahimi - 13 Min Woyzeck - Arash Khalvati - 6 Min Before the Moon Shatters in the Eye - Saeid Eliyasi -13 Min Common Draft - Maryam Katan, Nona Piroozian, Narges Mostafalou - 12 Min Bougainvillea - Neda Sangtarash - 3 Min A Tooth in Decay - Raha Faridi - 12 Min Ermia Heidari - Khajeh - 2 Min Persephone - Maede Mohsenpour - 5 Min Sky Debris - Fateme Akbari - 16 Min Program Two: Cinematic Synesthesia IV — Guilt For its fourth edition, Cinematic Synesthesia presents Guilt, a series of nine short films produced by The Intuitive FilmLab in Beirut. The programme Guilt #1 — Hadeel Al-Kadasi Guilt #2 — Jawad Jabado Guilt #3 — Chloe Khoury Guilt #4 — Maria Ghafary Guilt #5 — Kareem Nofal Guilt #6 — Robert Minassian Guilt #7 — Mohamad Tarek Majzoub Guilt #8 — Lea Skayem Guilt #9 — Sarah Claux -------------------Exhibition Program--------------- TBA ------------------Panel Discussion------------------ TBA