Director: Kayvan Abbassi, Marjan Abbassi
Cast: Manoto TV
Sekanse Akhar (Final Sequence) is a 2024 Iranian-produced reality documentary directed by Kayvan Abbassi and Marjan Abbassi, chronicling the final broadcast of Manoto TV — the satellite Persian-language channel that served the Iranian diaspora for over a decade. Running 71 minutes, the film is a farewell letter to a beloved cultural institution.
What is MANOTO Sekanse Akhar about?
When a Persian-language television network announces it is going off air, the people who built it — its presenters, producers, crew, and the loyal viewers who gathered around it across continents — must reckon with what that closing chapter means. Sekanse Akhar follows the preparations for the very last broadcast: the rehearsals, the quiet corridors, the final sign-off. The camera lingers on the human moments rather than the mechanics of television, capturing the mix of pride, grief, and gratitude that comes with saying goodbye to something that gave millions of scattered Iranians a shared language, a shared laugh, and a sense of home far from home.
Cast & crew
The film is directed by Kayvan Abbassi and Marjan Abbassi, the creative pair behind the production. The documentary features the on-air talent and behind-the-scenes team of Manoto TV, the United Kingdom-based Persian satellite broadcaster, whose collective presence shapes the emotional weight of the farewell across the film's 71 minutes.
Context & significance
For Iranians living outside Iran, Manoto TV occupied a rare position: a professional, secular, Persian-language broadcaster that felt like a piece of home. Launched in 2010 and broadcasting from London, it delivered entertainment, news, and culture to diaspora households from Toronto to Stockholm to Sydney. Its closure marked the end of an era for a community accustomed to losing anchors — first their country, then the institutions they built in exile. Sekanse Akhar frames that loss through the intimate lens of the people who showed up every day to make it happen, giving diaspora viewers a dignified, human record of something that mattered deeply to them.
Where & how to watch
Sekanse Akhar is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. No VPN is needed and there is no geo-blocking — you can watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone. Subscribe once and cancel anytime.