Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Gharaei's drama "Falling House" has secured a wave of international sales after premiering to strong reviews in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival. Paris-based sales agent Paradise City Sales has closed deals with Jokers Films for France, Wanted Cinema for Italy and Karma Films for Spain, with further negotiations ongoing in other territories, underlining the film's early festival buzz and commercial appeal.

The film centres on Rashid, a suspended prison guard living on the outskirts of Tehran, whose home faces demolition under a redevelopment scheme just as he learns his eldest daughter secretly plans to leave Iran to become a model. Gharaei, following up his 2017 Busan prize-winner "Blockage," made the film under Iran's censorship restrictions and describes it as a tale of "lost freedom." Distributors have likened it to the protest cinema of Mohammad Rasoulof, Maryam Moghadam and Saeed Roustaee, highlighting its portrayal of patriarchy and women's invisibility in Iranian society; it stars Farhad Aslani, Laleh Marzban, Rima Raminfar and Elena Khakbazan and is backed by producers including Seven Springs Pictures, RaeFilm Studios and 3SIX9 Studios.