Discoveries from Iran World Cinema

A theatre directed by Afsaneh Mahian.

The banned movie from Esmael Barari

Homa, the most accomplished nurse in the hospital is asked to care for the elderly mother of the owner of the hospital. The next ten days sees continuous snow fall, trapping both women but opening a host of unknown doors.

An anti-war movie set during the 2003 invasion of the Iraqi capital.

Gender apartheid is front and centre in this pointed exploration of family and labour in Iran. Sultan Mohammad proposes taking a third wife as a way to maintain and expand his free labour force, to the consternation of his current wives.

Dela is a blind captain living on Hormuz Island in Southern Iran. While geopolitical tensions between Iran and the US rise, he practices a unique method of making bread that uses three unexpected elements from the island.

A woman wakes up to find that no one recognizes her, through the course of her day she starts to come to some shocking realizations

The story of a twin brothers Bardia And Barbod who meet each other after many years. But during a quarrel between them Bardia who is a rich successful man gets killed. His brother Barbod replaces him and takes over everything but that will has terrible consequences for him.

Gabriel is a middle-aged man who lives with his son. His wife has been lost for some time. All the people are suspicious about her. One day news comes to him and he has to choose one: expediency or conscience?

Ali a port worker, and Hossam, a head worker, propose to Goli, the daughter of Mesh Mohammad. Morteza, Hossam's nephew, who pretends to be friends with Ali, is also interested in Goli. Goli marries Ali away from her father's eyes, and Ali, according to a plan devised by Hossam and Morteza, engages in smuggling to earn a living and is pursued by the gendarmes. Ali escapes to Tehran and Goli follows him; but he cannot find him. Some time later, Ali returns to his hometown and proves his innocence, and at Mesh Mohammad's request, he goes to Tehran to find his wife. Ali's efforts are in vain. In a short time, he becomes the owner of a large company through hard work and diligence, and Goli, who has set up a tailoring shop, raises her daughter Zari with the help of a local prostitute named Jalal. Jalal is interested in Goli; But he doesn't say anything until Ali comes across Zari and falls in love with her. Jalal, who is aware of the situation, opposes,

When Nusrat is released from prison after four years, his fiancée, Leila, whom Suleiman has disfigured, marries Suleiman. Qavam, Nusrat's old friend, returns from a trip and arranges with Nusrat to kill Suleiman when Nusrat has a witness to prove his innocence, and in return, Nusrat will kill his uncle Nasir, who has taken over his father's wealth and intends to marry his mother. Qavam informs Nusrat after a fight with Suleiman...

A man who controls small airplanes to detect Iraq's front line, is put in danger not being able to return.

A couple faces emotional pressure from their family because they are unable to have children and are struggling to find a way to solve this problem. Reza is sent on a mission to do something and upon returning finds out that his wife is pregnant, but...

Ayaz is an ordinary man who wishes for his own home. His brother-in-law left Iran for a long time due to his anti-government activities, but the news of his possible return reaches Ayaz. Concerned that he might have to leave home if his brother-in-law returns, Ayaz tells a small lie—that the secret police have searched their home. Ayaz’s lie becomes an excuse for the real secret police to track down his brother-in-law, and Ayaz finds himself in a situation where he is forced to report his neighbors and family.

Ghalandar feels bothered by the suitors wooing for his sister Eshrat. But for a secret reason he does not want to marry her off. As a way out, he asks his trusted friend Sadegh to marry his sister, but warns him about making love with her. Sadegh tries to keep his promise, but when he leaves his wife immediately after the wedding ceremony for the capital, Eshrat follows and joins him and his mother. Unable to bear with the taunts of mother, Sadegh eventually breaks his oath and takes his legal wife to bed. Informed of this betrayal, Ghalandar waylays Sadegh at a dark night and stabs him to death. Eshrat, suspecting who is behind this murder, flees and joins a whorehouse, intent to exact her revenge by staining the name of his so-far respectable brother...

A middle-aged doctor who has a wife and two children and a calm peaceful life falls in love with a woman 30 years younger than him and marries her. This put him in many more troubles. The movie theme in connection with the temporary marriage raises the comedic atmosphere.

A young woman finds herself in a cold, snowy town after her boyfriend leaves her. She tries to rediscover her lost love and mend the broken bond. A rarefied tale that follows the trajectory of an elusive figure, beyond which the city dissolves and an intimate universe marked by a lost love opens up.

Mehdi (Mohammad Reza Fazeli), a taxi driver, lives with her son Afshin (Afshin Zolfaghari) and Abbas (Mansour Sepehrnia), her husband's brother, after the death of his wife...

A selection of fictional short films crafted by Iranian women. Set against the backdrop of Iran’s deeply patriarchal society, these 6 films bring two interwoven themes emerge: the experiences of women and children. From the delicate and fragmented recollections of childhood memories, to depiction of women within diverse power dynamics, this collection beckons viewers to engage with emotions often overlooked in the tapestry of everyday life. Project curated by Pegah Pasalar and Sadaf Sadri, and by the art platform Cryptofiction.

Sha'ban meets Fereshteh in a film studio. Director of the studio, rejects Fereshteh for avoiding nudity in the film scenes. They hire in a nightclub. Sha'ban's clumsiness causes them to be fired that night.

Human relations between Davood and Mahnaz from the southernmost point of the city and the human relations of the doctor and his wife from the northernmost point of the city - algebra and authority in these relations - and events that join in time.

The Farman (Bahman Mofid), which is fond of dancing by the name of Aqdas (Shahnaz Tehrani). After knowing that his friend Gholam Zangi (Mohammad Reza Fazeli) is imprisoned at Ahvaz Prison, he visits him. The slave wants to be careful of the sweet (Saharnaz) rivals' sister Safdar (Farhad Hamidi), Kowsar (Ahmad Moeini) and Mamal (Mansour Sepehrnia) to marry him after release. Sweet who knows the slave as a man of Jafakari, gets acquainted with the mother of the commanding officer (Peridokht Iqbalpour), and after a while he gets married by decree. The slave is convinced by the command that he has commanded him, but the command after knowing that Shirin is the same slave candidate holds the marriage ceremony and abandons his life with the Aqdas .

In a satirical collage of Iranian cinema films, the confrontation between FilmFarsi filmmakers and Iranian art cinema ends with the arrest and exile of young amateur filmmakers from professional cinema

The story of the film is about a young man who misleads others because of his two promises and he uses this opportunity for himself...

A prisoner requests a leave from prison for his daughter's wedding, but the prison official sends an agent in private clothes to accompany him during his leave and....

Iraj who is escaped from iran went to ussr and the borders police catch him but his friend reza will help him to escape...

Akbar follows the work from Arak to Tehran and leases a room that Mehdi, a businessman, has leased to him and Misha Yadollah.

A movie about a girl who tries to get married, Because she afraid for future when she can not become pregnant.

An old man living with his only daughter tries to keep her close to him by any means, although she is married. With longing for what was, the daughter becomes attached to the one thing she has left of her deceased mother, a horse. Jealous of her affections, the old and stubborn patriarch sets the horse free, leading to his daughter’s despair... This evocative and at times frightening power game is about isolation, vulnerability and how we can become too dependent on those we love.

The story of a fighter girl who, on the eve of the national taekwondo competition, finds out that she lives with a murderer, and the events after revealing this secret will change her life.

A documentary about the French poet Arthur Rimbaud.

Yasamin returns to Iran after many years from Europe; Because her father died suspiciously and his mother is ill. Ahmad, Yasamin's cousin who lives with Farideh, shows himself interested in Yasamin.

On her wedding night, Rojan, a 14-year-old Kurdish girl who is forced to marry with an old man takes a dangerous decision to set herself free.

Ali, the shoe shiner, lives a good life within his means and is content until his wife, out of envy and competition, asks him to find a new way of life and provide a more prosperous situation.

Bozurzadeh, a businessman, has reached an age where he makes an excuse for his wife to travel alone and spend Eid with everyone she loves. But the sudden arrival of a young boy and his meeting with his secretary disrupts everything and troubles the eldest son from the night of Eid until the thirteenth.

This movie is about an Iranian filmmaker called Davood Roostayi, whose all movies ( more than 100 movies ) have been banned both before and after the Islamic revolution of Iran and none of his movies have been screened.

Dr Arash Samin, one of the prominent professors in the field of sociology, lives a calm and peaceful life with his doctor wife and young daughter. But the publication of a picture of him in cyberspace puts his personal and family life on a new path..

A short documentary about social issues which Iranian people are struggling with in 1971.

A conversation with Sirvan Khosravi, Xaniar Khosravi, their band, and crew, about diverse topics such as Monologue album's live performance, creativity, popular music, plagiarism, helipads, and Sirvan's future projects.

Iranian Star Wars knockoff about the adventures of two boys in outer space.

Two elderly men discover that they have terminal illness. They decide to escape and embark a nightly journey throughout the city.

The man is pulling a T-shirt when a light flashes from one of the bodies; the man's attention is drawn and he walks towards the body and comes face to face with the necklace.

God sees. God exists.

Isaac is a lonely bookseller who spends the strangest day of his life in his book store by hanging an advertisement on the door of his store.

Chapter 4 ENHARMONIQUE is the result of the transformation produced by the encounter between matter and imagination. In this film, inspired by the cycle of nature through the four main elements (water, wind, earth and fire), existence follows non-existence and vice versa, and worlds are linked. With the help of the music, which is exactly based on the evolution of the film and serves to further express its meaning, the audience is immersed from beginning to end, in one event after another, hearing a complete symphony. The notes or frequencies of these compositions are interpreted by algorithms, which generate an evolving, organic film, a kind of matter in motion. My aim is to show the movement of matter in space, as well as its change and transformation in the context of time and space. I leave interpretation open to audiences with different points of view. – K.K.

A boy named Mehran and his mother get the shadow of people to regain their own shadow.

While passing the Iranian borders illegally 6 persons are captured by a terrorist group Af'i. The boss of the group is Baktash and they have rivals who are fight them. Meanwhile one of the 6 captured is Shahin who is a secret agent of the Iranian government.

A young man who does not have good relationship with her sister should prepare her for news about their mother that is in the hospital, unaware that an important forbidden secret is discovered in the way.

Hamed and Negar bring Hamed's sister, friend, and ex-lover to the filming location to make their first film. Hamed and Negar kill all three of them in front of the camera, and Negar draws a picture for Hamed with their blood.

Captain Jamali, whose husband was killed by a smuggling ring, is assigned by law enforcement to infiltrate the gang. She identifies them and reports to the police until...

Mohsen lives a life of poverty, and sells flowers to passing motorists to support his family. His father, meanwhile, makes a living selling second-hand clothes. After a particularly gruelling day when his father's stock is confiscated, Mohsen prays to God for a better life. However, he gets all he wishes for and more when his prayers are answered in the form of an angel. The benevolent apparition tells his that he will grant him one wish, and after a lot of deliberation, the boy asks for a "span of heaven" to call his own.

Jonas (Saeed Aghakhani), a former Iranian soldier during the Iran-Iraq War, sets out to search for his fallen brother's bodies years after they were killed in action.

The fringes of Iranian society can be a lonely place, especially if you are a teenage girl with few resources to fall back on. Finding Home follows four girls striving to pull themselves out of the margins by attending a one-of-kind rehabilitation center in uptown Tehran. Forget about the Iran that you've seen before. With a virtually invisible camera, the girls of Finding Home take us on a never-before-seen tour of the underclass of Iran with their brave and defiant stories: Samira struggles to overcome forced drug addiction; Mitra harnesses abandonment into her creative writing; Sussan teeters on a dangerous ledge after years of sexual abuse; and Nazila burgeons out of her hatred with her blazing rap music.

Erfan and his friends decide to perform a concert in memory of him and Khalilians on the oil platform where the father of mysticism was martyred ....

In a monitored room, a woman asks for help to find the camera her husband installed.

A young man and a young woman, each from different social classes, are unintentionally thrown together on a shared path to create new beginnings.

A Film By Saeed Zamanian