Discoveries from Iran World Cinema

Experimental Short Film By Fatemeh Akbari Mehr.

A propaganda Basij member named "Qasem" (Alireza Eshaghi) is sent to the front. Although his job is to promote and take pictures of scenes of fighters clashing with Iraqi soldiers, he goes to the front lines to help. His camera films the entire incident.

An entity that is all ears, living in an apartment complex in a city with towering skyscrapers and full of (noise), finds life difficult to bear due to its sensitivity to (noise). It discovers a solution: a record that, when placed on a gramophone, broadcasts negative frequencies of outside environmental sounds. And the result of the (sound) played from this.....is the (sound) of silence… silence.

Behzad "believes that the spirit of" Barsad "has conquered him and this psychotic man, by entering the solitude of" Ghazal ", causes terrifying adventures and.

We always ran toward our dreams but never reached them in time, because… This is the story of people who spend their entire lives striving to achieve their dreams, but finally reach them at a time when it might already be too late.

A taxi driver and his passengers run into a problem.

A poetic love story set by the historic Si-o-se-pol Bridge. Through the changing light and rhythm of rain, the video reflects on memory, longing, and the eternal bond between place and emotion.

In a minimalist black-and-white world, a mysterious balance scale becomes the stage for a silent experiment on equality.

A filmmaker asks, wryly and critically: what is poetry, and what role does it play in culture and politics?

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This work is a free adaptation of the story The Big Bang from the Dark Half of the Moon series by Houshang Golshiri. A lonely, ambulatory old man named Fazlollah gives meaning to his life with small pleasures and spends his daily life talking to his absent wife. Those around him pay no attention to him and his communication is limited to daily phone calls. But one night, the sound of the neighbor's setar, one of his pleasures, goes silent.

The film is about attacks on schools.

The child selling bandages, who is not seen by the subway passengers, sees a doll in the hands of a woman who is injured and bandages her wound in the silence and indifference of the passengers. The doll then accompanies the boy and, with the bandage on its head, recognizes the previously invisible wound.

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌This is a 2D animated documentary created using the real voices of people who have experienced loss in different ways. The story takes place in Tehran, following a girl who listens to a podcast from the very beginning of her journey.

The film introduces us to an Afghan woman who wants to travel to another city and an American woman who mistreats her.

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The structure of the psyche, focusing on the emergence and growth of the ego from the institution.

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In geographical literature, the Caspian is a lake that has no access to the open sea. However, due to its vast size, it is treated like a sea. This film deals with the pollution of the Caspian water and its division among the five Caspian bordering countries.

In the documentary "Spring Babies," young people from the Imamzadeh neighborhood set out to solve existing social problems and issues and establish a non-profit school for working children in the neighborhood...

The film depicts the misuse of banknotes, which imposes a huge cost on the country.

The message of the film is a tribute by representatives from various segments of society to Anonymous Martyrs.

A report about the enthusiastic participation of the people of Kermanshah in hiking in the heights of Taq-e Bostan, which can be said to have become a cultural tradition.

A film criticizing the lack of respect for the rules.

To pay tribute to the high status of mothers.

The film depicts the efforts of a girl who decides to educate her illiterate mother.

A true friend is one who rushes to help his friend in times of trouble. The film "Freedom" depicts the efforts of people who are not indifferent to the plight of their friends.

A horror short film.

A phone call invites a lonely woman in her forties to meet her ex-lover, who ruthlessly abandoned her years ago. She seems unprepared to confront her lingering emotions.

A Lost Persian Film.

A Lost Persian Film.

“Fereydon” is a quiet video letter — a gentle attempt to reach someone from the past, a calm reflection on distance, memory, and the lingering presence of a father long gone.

Lonely dying man hopes that someone will step in so that he can tell his final words.

The tales of Nasreddin.

With the death of the family matriarch, the mother, son, and daughter are displaced.

The story of a woman who is forced to cross the border alone to sell her sweets before they go stale.

Joseph ran away from Saddam's agents because he didn't want to fight in Iraq Iran war. Nobody has any news of him for 21 years. After the Allies invade Iraq, some news is heard about Joseph.

Zardoust is a greedy millionaire who hires an athlete named Manouchehr to smuggle some jewels. He sets off with Manouchehr and his fiancée, Mehri, as hunters through the forest.

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Lost Persian film.

A young girl, unlike all her peers who are looking for a young husband, is looking for an older man because she believes that after marriage, he will no longer look at other women. On her way to marrying a middle-aged man, the girl meets a young man and falls in love with him.

A naive and dreamy person invents things to make their dreams come true, aiming to get rich quickly, but through a series of adventures, they realize they should pursue reality.

A gripping Iranian documentary that explores the heroin epidemic of the 1980s. Through archival footage and real testimonies, it portrays how a generation of youth was devastated by addiction, poverty, and prison.

A group of old farmers in a village attend literacy classes and continue until the end of the course, becoming literate and also educating their wives at home.

A young man, estranged from his family, lives an aimless and unhappy life with his peers until boxing becomes his purpose. He participates in competitions, and his dedication makes him a renowned figure in the sport.

Some people think they can achieve anything they desire, but that's not always the case

Following the discovery of an object, Mahan suspects that something bad might happen. Just seconds after the encounter, contradictions begin to arise.

Drought and water scarcity have become part of Iranian identity. This poetic documentary explores a ritual to seek the fading rain, where a grandmother sends her grandson to revive the tradition with a doll called Bokeh Baraneh, in the hope that the new generation will better understand the importance of water and show greater respect for the environment.

Aram is a 10-year-old girl who comes across a ballet dance video with her father at the market, and the next day when she goes to the market with her father to see that video, she finds out that the seller has died and the store is closed, At that moment, she realizes that she is interested in ballet, and despite the shortcomings in her life and her family's social status, she tries to achieve her dream of dancing ballet.

First in “Film Letter” series, which explores unspoken emotions through a combination of archival visuals and personal letters that has been never sent.

A determined female reporter in a war-torn Gaza, facing poor internet conditions, decides to take all her memory cards to her colleague in the news agency building. She hopes he can send the videos. She faces obstacles along the way...

Selected members of a generation talk about the iranian film: “The White Nights” and reflect their ideas of love and how it has transformed through time.

This documentary examines the long-term transformations of Tehran's architecture—a city that was once celebrated as a “city of gardens” but now shows little sign of the once-abundant trees and lush greenery.

An environmentalist works for the dying nature of the Zagros Mountains while caring for his sick father, but he...