Discoveries from Iran World Cinema

In a remote village of Afghanistan, one day Mary hears on the radio the news of the fall of Kunduz province into the hands of Talibans. Since the authorities have no news of her son, who serves in the Kunduz army, she decides to start her own journey to Kunduz to find him.

On a hot summer day in a journey to Yemen, some photographers and tourists are ready to watch the eclipse; Due to the warmth of the regional climate as well as the dissentions among the passengers, some quarrel arises. In the end, an Arab teenager enters the scene to end the story...

Noor-e-aldin a teenage Afghan boy faces the different attitudes of Persians with himself and other foreigners in Iran.

The man who became the mouse

Gharshelegh is a tradition among the Turkmen people of Raz and Jargalan County located in Northeast Iran. This is in fact a kind of boy and girl exchange among families, with an intention of marriage. Alireza is a young man of 36 years who, along with his sister, became a victim of this tradition after being forced to marry his own cousin. After visiting Tehran and seeing open relationships between men and women, he gets frustrated and after a while separates from his wife. After several years, Alireza has now decided to choose a spouse once again, regardless of the wishes of his parents, and by ignoring cumbersome old traditions.

Out of Iran documents the journeys of LGBT individuals as they flee Iran and travel to the West. It explores the complex journeys of LGBT Iranians escaping a repressive regime, only to face new challenges as immigrants in new countries.

Its about endangered persian tiger named Maya

A young Iranian woman is selling her belongings online before her upcoming travels to study abroad. One of the customers is a man who behaves strangely.

Waiting for Godot on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf, an island where decay and luxury life are neighbours. A man in his eighties believes that he is still in charge of a complex for alternative forms of energy which was abolished long ago. The pictures - an homage to the late and famous Iranian director Sohrab Shahid-Saless - contrast the comment speaking about the perspectives for a great future.

Documentary about earthquake and lifestyle in Tehran.

A group of unsighted people weave elaborate carpets using braille.

Directed by Barbod Taheri.