Discoveries from Iran World Cinema

A research on prehistoric Petroglyphs of Arasbaran area in Azerbaijan province of Iran, and the megaliths of Pirazmian area as signs of a lost civilization.

After consulting with his relatives a 35-year-old father consents to the marriage of his 14-year-old daughter. As individuals with differing perspectives his family grapple with the decision.

Forty year old Mohammad turns to a 7-year-old boy in front of the camera and narrates the story of the Iran-Iraq war.

Six Centuries and Six Years is a documentary by Mojtaba Mir Tahmasb. In this documentary, a group of musicians try to retrieve and reread the ballads attributed to Abdul Qader Maraghi, the most prominent musician, theorist, writer and poet of six hundred years ago, based on ancient books and treatises from the history and culture of Iran.

Mirhashem is a young student who has just been able to buy small houses with his wife Fereshteh. Making money at home has caused Mir Hashem to use a bank check, and now the check has fallen into the hands of a scumbag.

Tragedy strikes a young couple on their wedding day when the groom is attacked and killed by a wild animal. The groom's brother and grieving bride set out on a perilous trip into the forest to seek out the beast and take revenge for the death of their loved one. The film is set in a rural space and beautifully shot, drawing visual inspiration from Bahram Beyzai's 'Bashu the Little Stranger'.

The doctor is calmly visiting the patient. There are some psychiatric patients sitting in the waiting room. But these patients cannot be expected to be calm.

The heater in a classroom in a primary school catches fire and a teacher risks his life to save the students. He rescues the children, but he is severely burnt and is taken to the hospital. The head teacher is forced to bring in another teacher for the students but....

Mobarakeh Steel Complex

A Group of refugees tries to reach themselves to a safe country in search for a better life. They pay a smuggler to convey them across the boarders in a fridge truck. However, the freezing temperature of the truck turns their hopes for a better future into a fierce struggle for survival.

The story of an actor who will turn into a superstar after finding a magical whistle.

The thieves want to rob her cattle but she finds it out.

A different film about Sohrab Shahidsaless, the late Iranian filmmaker. In this lengthy documentary, video images and unseen shots from Sohrab Shahid Salate have been used.

Salim Shaheen film from Afghanistan

Six urban women reveal their family recipes in a film that, at first glance, may look like an introduction to local cuisine, but which turns into a surprising exploration of relationships in modern Iranian society.

After his owner dies, a dog wander alone in Tehran, following people and their stories.

Jafar Barmaki, the vizier of Harun al-Rashid's government, and Abbasa, Harun al-Rashid's sister, who love each other, secretly get married. Zubaida, Harun al-Rashid's wife, finds out about this and causes the death of Jafar Barmaki and his two children.

"Hekayat-e-Del" is a series about the biographies and scientific and professional contributions of famous professors and contemporary cultural figures of Iran. This episode is about Professor Zohreh Zarshenas, one of the prominent professors of ancient linguistics in Iran and the world.

Young girls must go to the Simil camp where all their behaviors will be changed for the good of society. One day the group of new comers including one different girl enter the camp. the girl can't tolerate the organized orders and want to do something for freedom...

Young girls must go to the Simil camp where all their behaviors will be changed for the good of society. One day the group of new comers including one different girl enter the camp. the girl can't tolerate the organized orders and want to do something for freedom...

The poetic mid-length documentary by Iranian director Mahdi Kiasari depicts scenes from the everyday life of Abolfazl, a young boy who is missing both hands. Despite his disability, Abolfazl lives a full life with his family and friend Setayesh in a palm orchard near the Afghan-Iranian border, where foreign visitors often head for eco-tourism. Both belong to a group of children who live stateless in Iran, which poses another major disadvantage for their future.

Shahr-e ghesse is perhaps the most popular of all Persian plays, was written in traditional rhythmic style that resulted in a kind of musical drama. Although it seems at first glance to have been written for children, its main audience, it is in fact a parable about contemporary socio political issues.

A penniless mechanic finds himself obsessed with a mysterious iron chest, inherited from a recently deceased relative.

Under Fathalishah, a Qajar-era king, a new town was set up and called Sultanabad. The historical ups and downs of that town, which is the modern-day Arak, do not correspond to the mess the city is today.

A Film By Mohsen Jasoor

It all starts with signing up for a language class. Sam meets Sarah and a relationship that straddles the line between reality and fantasy...

The tale of Ali Baba.

A suitcase containing fifty million Rials worth of jewelry is stolen.

In 1979 Iran, a white-clad executioner frozen in a photograph suddenly disappears erased from history, or from himself. Years later, a filmmaker sifts through archives and harnesses AI to conjure his ghostly presence. At the crossroads of documentary and fiction, the film unfolds entirely through a computer screen, where archival fragments collide with AI hallucinations in a hypnotic exploration of memory, responsibility, and disappearance.

Experimental Short Film By Maedeh Mohsenpour.

Mina secretly goes to a gynecologist's office with her friend Maedeh, who is about to get married, to help her illegally remove the obstacle to her marriage.

She stands on the edge of the rooftop, eyes closed and legs trembling. A sound breaks the silence. A boy enters the rooftop and stands directly across from her, also on the edge...

When a friend has to leave Iran, the protagonist is stuck with her dog named RAHA.

Mohammad, a boy who sells newspapers and has a great passion for football, goes to watch football matches with a young man named Moslem, a street vendor, despite his father's strong objections. One day, Mohammad accidentally finds out that Hossein, the leader of the fans of his favorite soccer team, is in need of money to pay his overdue rent. Mohammad tries to help him in place of Moslem, who is a close friend of Hossein, but he doesn't have enough money. Then he encounters Javad Zarincheh, who gives him the money needed for Hossein. When Mohammad's father learns about his son's selflessness, he tries to rescue Moslem, who has recently been imprisoned.

A woman is determined to bring her beloved back to life, a man who vanished into the waters in search of a place to call his own. She feels compelled to recall things that have long been dead, hoping her loved one might revive. She believes he will be washed ashore someday, back to her by the tides—a sudden return, as if by magic. Logline : I believe someday all immigrants will be washed ashore to their homeland.

After wars landmines remain, still patiently hunting their prey...

Four-person cohabitation

A party is organised at kindergarten for the birthday of six-year-old Pooria. But the star of the party is a hired actress dressed as Cinderella who is the centre of everyone's attention. While the birthday party is being filmed with the style of a home video, little Pooria falls in love with Cinderella. As the camera passes from hand to hand, it will also record the behind-the-scenes of this fairytale party.

Borzoo is in love with Maryam and they want to get marry while his niece Zohre is in love with another guy Amir. Borzoo gets marry with Maryam but the troubles begin for all when other people too intervene between them.

This time the action is restricted to a kindergarten, a world seemingly far removed from real life in Iran. Pre-school is the first and last time boys and girls can learn together freely before entering the strictly segregated education system. Much like the dog in Toodehroosta’s well received first feature Paat (2013), six-year-old Roham plays the often silent witness to the actions unfurling around him. As his curiosity grows, the complicated real lives of the other pupils start to unravel.

Twenty-five years ago, when the Taliban took over Afghanistan and music was banned, Gholam Nabi and his family suffered a lot of oppression. He and his son manufacture the rabab, a string instrument with origins dating back to the seventh century, and one of Afghanistan’s national musical instruments.

In a restaurant, a plate of "Salad Shirazi" (traditional Iranian salad) is served with meat. (Which is not a part of the original salad Shirazi). Three guys at their table discuss whether to eat the salad or not

In a remote Iranian village, 12-year-old Ebrahim (Ebrahim Zarozehi) works harder than some of the adults who tower over him to help his single mom care for his five siblings and to save for their own home. He picks dates, waits on tourists at an eco resort (where his mother also works), tends horses at a local ranch and runs errands for anyone willing to pay. While the lure of Tehran seduces some of his friends away, Ebrahim, for all the daily hardships and demands, seems content to stick close to home. Through Ebrahim’s eyes, wise beyond their years, writer-director Mehdi Hoseinivand explores the rhythms and relationships of small town life in largely realist terms but at the film’s center is always a warm, caring story of Ebrahim and his family as they quietly, determinedly make their way in the world.

Shahrbanoo is the mother of three children who has been sentenced to life in prison for drug trafficking. After 11 years in prison, she is released from prison for a few days to attend her son's wedding. However, this temporary release confronts him with another aspect of his life and that of his family before returning to prison.

This is a documentary produced by Manoto TV Network, which uses rare images to tell the story of the character of Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of the Revolution of 1979 in Iran.

A Green Dot

Amitis is a teenage girl who always has an orthodontics headgear and under the pressure of orthodontic treatment. But suddenly she does a strange thing with her friend Sara.

Shadi is a little girl that her parents have been accused of murdering a girl in the village, and villagers killed her parents to seek revenge. Her uncle adops her and now Shadi must face the problems that people of the village caused them.

For the sparrow, the boll is a small excuse for greater experience.

Behruz who has mental illness and lives with his brother's family meets Shirin a widow with two kids. They decide to get marry in secret but when their secret revealed the problems for them begin.

Drama of brother and sister facing and passing difficult obstacles.

Kasra, looks for his lost niece in the town.

Sirous who works in a gold workshop develops kidney stones. After a medical visit he finds out that his kidney makes gold stones.

life of a young couple in the verge of man's blindness is collapsing and the only thing that will save them is their own common past.

A look at the forgotten name of the match and its events in Iran

A gypsy woman named Setareh, after being rejected from home, leaves her young son Ali next to a house and runs away. Farrash-bashi (School Janitor) finds Ali and takes him to his workplace, which is a busy elementary school, and takes care of him with the help of school children.