Discoveries from Iran World Cinema

A documentary about Iranian artist Parvaneh Etemadi

A poet who lost his words and a woman who miscarried her baby meet on the equator, and two emotions start to mingle at the point of latitude 0°.

Relationships and multiple influences between two great directors of modern cinema.

Someone faces with a mirror in a jungle and has some new experiences.

On the war-torn Syrian-Iraqi border, journalist Noor Al Helli documents the Islamic State's ongoing regime of terror. Yet when she meets civilians who endured the occupation yet sympathize with the enemy, her own perspective of IS is greatly challenged. At the heart of the front line, Noor reveals the painful suffering of those embroiled in the conflict, raising untold stories from the shadows.

A short political drama about a committee that is formed to choose a new national anthem after a fictional country goes through a revolution.

Hot Perfume Movie is the story of a girl named Mary who is forced to stay out of the night. Staying out has a series of events for her and her family that…

The film shows the life of prostitutes in Tehran's city brothels, an area known as Shahre Now. The film closely follows a number of women and communicates how the burden of social constraints led them to surrender in the face of their common fate. The film does explore the possibility of re-education and development for these women, but in no way does it paint over the hard and brutal reality. The film was produced on behalf of the Organization of Iranian Women and was immediately banned while shooting was still going on. After the revolution, a portion of the material was found, and Shirdel decided to finish the film using photos by the late Kaveh Golestan that were taken more than ten years after the film itself was shot.

A father on his deathbed stipulates that after his death, his two children will inherit his property on the condition that his grandchildren marry each other and have children. The two brothers try to convince their children to marry each other with Ramin's help: but Mehri, the cousin, and Mehdi, the cousin, each refuse to do so, imagining that the other has agreed to marry them with the intention of acquiring wealth. On the one hand, Mehdi is tied to a singer, and on the other hand, Mehri is interested in a young man who works as an assistant cook in their house. Mehri and Mehdi agree to a temporary marriage to get rid of their fathers, until each of them, after ridiculous adventures, realizes their love for the other and happily starts a new life.

To examine the deteriorating relations between Palestine and Israel following the Hamas attack on October 7, the director walks into the heart of Jerusalem, a city that has been a holy site for Judaism, Islam, and Christianity for centuries, where tension and hatred have become a daily reality. Even though Jews and Muslims live in the same building, they do not communicate with each other and occasionally attack one another. However, the residents, from their respective positions and perspectives, ponder solutions for coexistence and peace between Muslims and Jews.

A rich man named Sohrabi adopts a little boy named Ali. As an adult, Ali takes over the management of the Sohrabi factory with diligence and perseverance.

Yavar (Reza Beyk Imanvardi), a truck driver, saves Maryam (Arzoo Ghaffari) who has fallen into a well, and meets her brother, Karim (Hossein Gil). Yavar and his student Ali (Mehdi Fakhimzadeh) take Karim to their hometown of Shiraz. Karim accidentally kills a passerby, and Yavar introduces himself to the police instead of Karim. While Yavar is in prison, Karim insults Yavar's sister, Nosrat (Aram), and at the same moment, Qoli Palang (Ahmad Moeini) rapes his own sister. Karim flees to Tehran and, after learning what happened to Maryam, decides to kill her; but his mother stops him. In Tehran, Nosrat meets a singer (Nadia) and takes refuge in her house. Some time later, Yavar is released and looks for Karim. Karim escapes from him and Ali and gets into a fight with a leopard in a ruin outside the city. Eventually, both are injured, and Karim expresses remorse in Yavar's arms before dying. Ali asks Yavar for permission to marry Nusrat.

The snowman comes to life when he hears the music. He decides to follow his dream. He arrives at the snowman's play town. He must sacrifice himself to achieve his dream.

A young thief who intends to steal the collection of a rich girl falls in love with her and does not allow his accomplice to steal the collection.

A clown is sitting at a table full of food and drinks. Three men and three women in stylish clothes enter and sit at the table, each person has an envelope that contains requests for the clown.

This film follows the restless lives of two young pickpockets through the labyrinth of seedy streets and shadowy alleyways, in a world where every day ends in triumph or ruin.

Amir is the youngest child of Izadi Bozorg family who was sent to America by his father because of the better opportunities, but because of some issues his communications with his family is cut and Mansour. his older brother. goes to America to bring him back and…

The fish is yearning to see the sea once again. He asks a cat, a mouse, a dog and a crow for help, one after another. They each eat a part of his flesh and carry him some distance down the path to the sea. But after a while, one by one, they put him down and leave. At the end, some ants throw the fish's skeleton into the sea. The fish happily swims away in the deep blue sea.

Confrontation of two different generations can lead to some incidents. In FATHERS an incident brings two generations together.

A young clergyman, is forced to hold the funeral of his former beloved without prior notice.

A science fiction kids movie by Seyed Javad Hashemi

The film explores housing problems in Tehran in the years following the revolution. Everyday confrontations between landlords and tenants who can no longer pay the rent are often violent. Women and children complain about their intolerable social conditions. They criticise the "Tenants and Landlords" law established by the Shah, which was finally changed after the broadcasting of the film on television and the political discussion that followed.

The story of a boy on a boxing ring. As he's growing up and getting older he is fighting a much stronger opponent.

Hadji Sha, a fifty-year-old woman has disguised herself as a man to protect her sister's family. She makes friends with a singer who somehow has to deny her identity as a woman too. The problem comes up when Hadji Sha finds out that her sister's retarded granddaughter has been raped.

The film's story is about a school that is expecting the arrival of an inspector, and everyone is anxious about the inspector’s visit. This film is a loose adaptation of The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol.

Three little mice found a kitten in a mice town... All the mice in the town scared except the little mice...

A couple, Shokufeh and Iman who plan to flee Iran travel to the port city of Anzali to meet a man who is to smuggle them across the border. They await him by the side of a lagoon. They accidentally drop their bag of money and jewelry into the lagoon. Iman tries to jump in and find the bag but drowns in the process. A diver called Bahram the Buffalo is assigned to find Iman’s body in the lagoon and a relationship begins to develop between him and Shokufeh…

People are praying for rainfall... a Land parched in drought... the illusion of snow... Rozhin is engulfed in reveries of flight from an undesirable marriage... Rozhin seeks support from a stranger... and this is not the end of the story.

A narrative of the lives of a number of psychiatric patients in a sanatorium in north of Iran.

A transparent look into the life of Iranian immigrants in America. Sholeh and her husband Nasser carry out their evening routine in a ritual they are both accustomed to but nonetheless deeply grateful for.

The Story is about two Male Angels that has been sent on a duty on Earth by God's order. meanwhile one of the Angels falls in love with a Girl on earth who was part of their mission.the Angel asks The Lord to become a Human and stay on earth for her.

Two documentarians are trying to make a film about a superstitious and forgotten ritual called Sin Eating. During the process, they meet a man named Reza, from Scotland.

A movie directed by Danesh Eghbashavi

The documentary "Taraz" is about a group of nomads in Bakhtiari alley who live in two provinces of Khuzestan (tropical region) and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari (cold region) every year according to the hot and cold seasons. The group, which spends seven months of the year in an area north of Masjid Suleiman (Andika), migrates from this area to their summer territory on the southern slopes of Zardkuh in late April. As the weather cools in their cold territory and before rain and snow fall, they return to their winter territory in Khuzestan province in September. (A group of nomads about whom the film Taraz has been made is a few families from the "Bamdi" tribe of the "Haft Lang" Bakhtiari tribe.)

On the slope of a river valley along the Iraqi-Iranian border of Kurdistan, a girl’s kite flies away. She calls three boys for help. However, the children are not only separated by the river valley, but also by the explosive legacies of past wars.

Hassan Kababi and his friend "Esmall" do not compete in gambling ...

A famous Iranian singer who was devoting all his life to his brother's family, died in an earthquake.

Lili is a wealthy woman. Having a young daughter named Shirin, she recently separated from her husband. Lili becomes infatuated with one of her employees, Saeid...

Daadshah is a 1983 Iranian Persian-language film depicting the life and experiences of Baloch rebel Dad Shah in the Balochistan insurgency.

A father and his son meet each other after many years. But there is always a woman in between.

A documentary about Ghazaleh Alizadeh who was an Iranian poet and writer.

Part 8 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

Animated short about two men on a little planet who crave their own independence.

The film tells the story of three young people, each of whom sets out from Bandar Abbas to Tehran to achieve a goal.

After years away from Iran, Ali Naghi returns to his country to finish the old story of his first love. He seeks to prove past events and joins Reza to carry out his plans.

A man is in love with a girl and tries everything to get her, not even sparing himself, and finally, on the wedding night, he stabs himself with a razor blade...

A gendarmerie captain named Changiz and his comrade are assigned to go undercover to an unsafe area and rescue the locals from the villains.

A theater directed by Ariyan Rezaee

Amidst Iran's tumultuous socio-political unrest, 'No End' directed by Navid Nikkhah Azad follows Gholamali Darbari, a filmmaker whose daring exposé, 'Forced Confession,' reveals Iran's covert coercion practices. When government authorities seize his film, Darbari refuses to be silenced. Determined to challenge the Iranian government's suppression of truth amidst societal upheaval, he creates a protest selfie-video.

After being humiliated by others, "Shadfil" goes through ups and downs in so many adventures to finally win everyone's heart and become the real elephant king.

A soon to be clergy man and his wife deal with the troubles of rising their triple children.

This film is the story of a young couple who have a disagreement on their wedding night, and this disagreement becomes a fundamental problem in their life together. This disagreement continues, and the girl constantly pampers herself, and the poor husband runs after her.