An Incomplete Calendar, Essay film, 77 Minutes, DCP with 5.1, Canada, Venezuela, Iran, Turkey | 2026
“An Incomplete Calendar” is a story about oil, music, and the Third World project. The film explores the remarkable and untold story of a musical vinyl titled “Rhymes and Songs for OPEC,” recorded in 1980 by the Concert Choir of Central University of Venezuela to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), established in Baghdad in 1960.
The film interweaves forgotten songs and rarely seen archives to tell a different story of oil, not as a commodity but rather as a political leverage that was used for the liberation struggles in Palestine and building Pan-Arab solidarity, a transnational project that was shattered by the triumph of neoliberal economics in 1970s.
This is the final episode of a trilogy of essay by Sanaz Sohrabi that unpack the relationship between political economy of images, archival technologies, and visual cultures of resource extraction in Iran and broader West Asia.
IN CONVERSATION WITH
Jihan El-Tahri
Murtaza Vali
Laleh Khalili
Layla Maghribi
Eduardo Prato Moros
Leonardo Montaño Salas
AWARDS
First Feature Film Loridan-Ivens Award & Young Jury Award-GNCR
Cinéma du Réel International Documentary Film Festival. France (2026)
Festival and Alternative Screenings:
World Premiere: Cinéma du Réel International Documentary Film Festival | International Competition. France (2026)
FICCI International Film Festival Cartagena de Indias. Colombia (2026)
Open City Documentary Festival. UK (2026)
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival. UK (2026)
Subversive Film Festival. Croatia (2026)
HABITAR EL CINE Caracas International Contemporary Film Festival. Venezuela (2026)
Festival Ciné-Palestine Marseille. France (2026)
Olhar do Cinema Curitiba International Film Festival. Brazil (2026)
FICValdivia International Film Festival - Opening Film. Chile (2026)
PRESS:
ICS International Cinephile Society, by Marc van de Klashorst
International Documentary Association Magazine, by Jonathan Ali
World Sales and Festival Distribution: Kino Rebelde. Watch the Trailer. An Incomplete Calendar is produced by Sanaz Sohrabi and Fol Films and co-produced by Central University of Venezuela.