Discoveries from Iran World Cinema

The story of a famous man whose wife becomes a target for ransom.

Kejal, a young Kurdish woman studying in Tehran returns home when her brother is killed in the mountains, leaving behind debts for lost goods. Forced by circumstance, Kejal becomes a Kulbar (Carrying goods on her back, Every mistaken step may chance upon a landmine. They are hunted like wild animals. And in the name of what? To earn just 10 dollars a day!) - a woman in a man's world.

A man divorces his wife by having two children. She is an accounting officer and is now unemployed.

A man falls from a balcony onto the sidewalk below. A crowd gathers and an ambulance is called, but no one knows why he fell.

Off Beat is about young music lover—influenced by musical trends in the world, some of which are deemed harmful by officials in Iran—who have no place in the formal Iranian music scene and who play music in the quiet of their homes. Once I started editing Off Beat I realized that it may not get permission for screening. I nonetheless applied, but it was in vain.

After leaving a party, three friends are making their way home while chatting and having fun. Suddenly, things start to get unpleasant.

Latarino is a documentary that tries to introduce a serious and based criticism on a decade of performance and management of Sorena Sattari in the field of startup ecosystem and knowledge base.

A poor father lives with his son. They bet on their cock. Their income is getting worse every day till an unusual old man enters their life. Everything changes, not as they expected.

A Video Art about Perception with Images

First work of Iranian director, Sohrab Shahid Saless.

A short narrative film.

A strange and silent village, lifeless and seemingly bereft of all apparent life. There, a determinedly mannered middle-aged carriage driver drags a lifeless body towards the cemetery.

A man is called to court by a woman who claims to be pregnant after being with him. To prove this claim, a DNA test is taken and the results shed light on other events in the man's life.

A French graduate student, Sophie, wants to make a research and shoot a documentary about Iran to present it to her professor and university. Her French born Iranian friend Shahnaz suggests that the title of the Documentary be the Axis of Evil. They provide her videos and pictures to use in her documentary. But Sophie wants to be objective and decides to visit Iran herself.

Keyhan is getting ready to see his girlfriend Raha to celebrate her birthday, but he is obliged to confess something very important to her...something he is very nervous to admit.

"Tepli and Me" tells the story of a man named Ramin (Hassan Majouni) who studied directing but because he did not write attractive screenplays, he had to work in an art training center with his friend Katayoun (Mitra Hajar). One day he accidentally finds his childhood character named Tepli (Samiar Mohammadi) in his house and after consulting a psychologist, he realizes that Tepli came from the past to something that has destroyed Ramin's self-confidence. Tell him to let Ramin travel in the past and prevent that from happening, but.

The atmosphere is dreamlike, the characters have no name, neither the streets. Teheran is the only character whose name is constantly evoked. A lawyer, as many others, works and lives alone in his apartment, which is both his office and his home. In a cold and rainy day, a man burst into his apartment, speaks to him shortly and confusingly and gives him a package that will completely change his life. Venice 2016 - Semaine de la Critique selection.

The rural couple leads a peaceful life until the landlord comes to their village for his vacation. The lustful landlord is captivated by the woman and intends to assault her. When the husband finds out, he confronts his landlord, and as a result, incidents occur.

Hamid Partoei is an attorney in Tehran's court judge. One day he sentenced Afghan guy who is innocent to death. the young guy commits suicide in jail. Then after that its revealed that he was innocent. Hamid's conscience is arised and he feels guilty.

A young villager works day and night to marry his beloved, but he doesn't succeed.

Mehrdad marries Soodabeh, his friend's sister and colleague Siamak, and takes her to their old house to spend time with his mother, who then encounters incidents.

It is a fact of life that love evolves, and relationships change. Using caricatures, this animated film captures resilience as an inevitable response to dependency. A tender yet meaningful take on life's stages and ages.

Second short film of Sohrab Shahid Saless

A theater directed by Morteza Jalili Doost

In the shadow of a dystopian landscape, a truck driver finds himself trapped in a grim and harrowing existence-his job is to transport condemned souls to their final reckoning before the firing squad.

Overload (2022)

A little boy wants to bring food for his father in jail. On his way there, something strange happens.

Mahmoud Dowlatabadi is one of the most prolific Iranian novelists. In this beautiful, poetic portrait, gracefully crafted by his filmmaker daughter Sara Dolatabadi, he reflects on his life throughout the turbulent 20th century. Meanwhile, his daughter manages to create her own images of a father who is full of luminous ideas, yet also somewhat peculiar and lonely.

About the difficult situation of pets inside of Iran.

Aslan is in love with Yassi. Together, they run an underground dog shelter in Iran.

Due to the will of the mother, the marriage of the younger sister, Minoo, will happen only after the marriage of her elder sister, Mina.

Each day before dawn, 67-year-old Kobra goes fishing in a small rowing boat tied to her porch. Her house stands on the water's edge. It is a tough life. She tries to sell her meager catch at the local market to support herself and her old invalid mother, but she must fight with dealers and thieves (of her fish net) in an all-male environment first.

Short documentary by Ebrahim Golestan

A young girl Jamileh who does not want to be forced to get marry is escaping from her tribe. A guy Vali goes after her and brings her back to her father. But Vali has fallen in love with her so propose for her. The father disagrees and forces his daughter to marry another guy Bashir. Vali kidnaps the girl and brings her to his tribe. This time the father sends Reza Gherghi to brings her back once again. He goes after her and others too are after her. This put them to confront each other.

It is a humorous and entertaining story between two friends, one of whom betrays the other and takes his property for his own benefit. The coward is wealthy, and the other is caught up in daily expenses and has this conscience that

An experimentation with perceived movement and composition, drawn from six years of photographic fragments—an imprint of shifting visions, where seeing becomes both a subject and a mirror. Gorg O Mish is a Persian expression for twilight—literally translated as “wolf and ewe.”

Vahid has nothing to lose and tries to achieve wealth, fame, and better social status by any means.

This documentary is about Eskandar Firouz, a distinguished Iranian conservationist, and former Director of the Department of the Environment in Iran.

The fate of Golsa and the awareness of her husband's status depend on the secrets that Mansour has hidden. If Moses can understand the truth from Mansour and Safoura helps Moses to overcome his stuttering, maybe Khosrow will not wait for Munir alone.

Short film (3m) in iran

Karim is a security guard at a hotel. One of his duties is controlling the hotel at night on CCTV and not letting anybody drink alcohol in the yard, since it is forbidden by the Islamic law and punished with 80 whips. Karim’s boss tends to blame him for any different reason, so he takes this responsibility very seriously.

The Writer has a lot of problems with his wife.

A mosaic of stories explore Iranian modernity. Following a Persian literary model, personal dilemmas, fanciful speculations and historical motifs follow one another, establishing evocative correspondences between them. From the commitment with which the characters narrate events, it is clear that, beyond history, human time corresponds to myth and anecdote: mythological birds, misregistered surnames, scars from chemical weapons, and memories of deceased women.

Parts of the life of a man who plays the role of Omar bin Saad every year in Muharram.

After Filip discovers he has a peculiar problem, he’s not sure if he should tell someone and find a way to fix it, or just keep it a secret.

Mohsen seems to have passed away at the peak of an unknown illness; therefore, he is placed in a coffin and sent to the cemetery.

Spring. During Hakishka, a key event in their town’s traditional festivities, women gather on a hilltop to dance. An irrepressible vitality flows from their talking, singing, and dancing, in this festival so full of life.

A father and a daughter steal a car due to financial problems, but these thefts happen very funny and suddenly they enter into a dangerous game...

arta returns to his hometown after years, but he faces an unexpected event and finds himself wandering between illusion and reality.

The short film that portrays two couples, one traditional and one modern, given in the backdrop of the playground they met.

All the ways and measures to catch the skillful jewel thief are fruitless.

Iranian horror movie from 1966.

The history of Iranian Azerbaijan from the Medes era to the Sasanian Empire and from Takht-e Soleyman in Atropatene to St. Thaddeus Monastery (AKA Qara Kelisa).

Salim Shaheen film from Afghanistan

Seventeen-year-old Navid travels from his small village to a port city, looking a job as a teacher of Persian literature. He works odd jobs while waiting to hear back from the Education Center about a job. In the meantime, he falls in love with young girl, whom he believes he saw in a dream. After a series of events, including some jail time, he loses his teaching job to the girl. Defeated, he leaves town via a boat, where he meets another girl, whom he is convinced is the woman from his dreams.