Discoveries from Iran World Cinema

A woman heads to the graveyard after waking up in a time she no longer belongs to.

A short documentary about Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

A compassionate portrait of the Chain of Hope charity organisation, which treats underprivileged children from all over Iran.

A woman fights for her life to save her unborn surrogate baby.

"Aebadane Kohanz" is the narrative of the upbringing, prosperity and growth of the teenagers of Amir Al-Momineen Mosque Kohens Shahryar, who were actively present in the important events of the Islamic Revolution.

Nanny Asiah, an elderly woman who makes a living by selling sugar, makes a promise to herself after her son's execution in the Kurdistan prison that if she can stop someone from retribution (execution), she will dance and rejoice until the morning call to prayer.

An actor and actress are brought together during a casting for a mainstream film. They don’t get the roles, so they decide to make their own film instead. This will be a movie which defies the censorship rules, a film in which anything goes, and its makers won’t be held back by anything or anyone. The pair become a threesome when they get hold of a cameraman and director named Ziya, and the enchanting adventure can now begin. A burglary (the movie has to be financed somehow) marks the start of not only the shoot, but also a joyride, a game and a celebration of friendship and film.

Alireza Rofougaran’s childhood dream of meeting Muhammad Ali had long been forgotten, till it sprung back to life following the death of Ali’s former rival, Joe Frazier.

A lonely young man lives on the outskirts of Tehran and is interested in helping stray and injured dogs. He meets a young woman who has fled to the area, but she has a secret in her life that takes the relationship between them in a different direction...

Naser and Parvin live a simple and happy life and their happiness is made more complete by a baby, but the ill-wishers drag Naser into decline and he falls so much that with all his interests and ties to his family, he has no way of coming back.

Loss and longing in a sensual tale of nostalgia for a place you’ve never really been to.

A girl who is rejected by her family for sexual issues decides to save a dog.

Sadegh nezami in the role of Abdul Latif plans to commit an assassination in Iran.

When he understood it was all a dream. He decided to stay until eternity, darker since you died.

After reading an article in an old newspaper, an anti-social boy decides to interview some people and then kill them with poisoned ice creams.

The story of red pencil, from its tip to the end of it

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When guests abandon Maryam's mother's funeral reception due to power outages, she finds herself overwhelmed and discovers a life-changing truth about her own origin.

Experimental Animation

Nazarbazi [the play of glances] is a film about love and desire in Iranian cinema where depictions of intimacy and touch between women and men are prohibited.

To what extent will a mother go to protect her children, this short animation explores the love of a mother in the most powerful and heartbreaking way.

It is about a man who lives with his lover; a male mannequin. After hearing that a census is about to start in Iran, he struggles to add the mannequin to the census.

Ali and Amir saw each other after six years and spent the night together in Ali's villa. Suddenly, Ali's wife comes and confronts the truth.

Two brothers fall for the same girl, though she loves the older brother. Through trickery, the older brother isn't able to reach his beloved and dies of heart brokenness. The younger brother, seemingly happy with this fate, seeks to woo the girl but is faced with the ghost of his older brother.

The story of the film is about a man who is looking for his real identity and his constant question is, who am I?. And this can be the question of each of us, Who are we?. He misses the chance to live with a girl because of the Islamic revolution in Iran. After his mother's death, he discovers that his real parents are not those that have raised him. During his search for his real parents or real his identity, he discovers a strange and shocking story about his childhood strange and shocking story about his childhood.

It is for more than six month that Nilloofar is friend with ashkan. And after such long time they are going to see each other. So she goes to tehran but his car has punctured and she gets in trouble.

An old forester is trying to deal with some profiteers who want to destroy the forest.

Galin is a grumpy gorilla that lives in a forest. He didn’t have any friends until someday a banana smiled at him and everything changed.

A trans woman is on her way to a job interview in Tehran when something traumatizing happens.

There's a dreadful dragon in Persian mythology, who is immortal and responsible for drought. Water crisis in Tehran contemporary history is a major problem; and a dry land is a sign of the return of the dragon.

In early 2014 and also in early 2015, two old laboratories in Tehran were closed. The story of the film follows negative memories from the beginning of the laboratory in Iran until their closure.

Muhammad is a Male to Female Transgender person from Iran, in her late twenties, who is struggling to come out in to family and society. She moved to the US to study and is looking for a way to come out.

An elderly couple live alone in a house. The man is suffering from Alzheimer's and his wife cares for him. One evening, there is a home invasion that turn their life of routine upside down.

Showan lives in a village in Kurdistan on the border between Iran and Iraq. He has been made redundant from his workplace at the factory due to downsizing of the work force. Being forced to smuggle goods on the Iranian-Iraqi border, Showan becomes a Kolbar to make money. But as the group embark on their dangerous mountain crossing, the fear of the Iranian border guards heightens.

An unusual and personal story about a Muslim mullah and his family in Iran – filmed by his own daughter, Mahdieh. She makes a living as a photographer, but due to political restrictions, the government has banned her from working. Her father, the highly conservative mullah, is a radical supporter of the Iranian clergy, but is himself fighting to control his defiant children with their conflicting attitudes and religious beliefs. At the same time, Mahdieh is struggling to keep a secret: she is planning the escape from the country with her boyfriend. But as time goes by, the family situation grows even more complicated.

The story of a girl from a wealthy family who enters medical school, but unpredictable challenges change her life.

In rural northwest Iran, Gheirat, a modest charcoal producer, is pushed into a tragic spiral after his son, sentenced to jail, evades to Azerbaijan.

Dash Akk's animation is adapted from Sadeq Hedayat's "Dash Akk" story.

Azar is responsible for rural health at Qazvin and addresses various people’s problems. But Haj Kamal is a big obstacle in his way and does not allow things to go right. Haj Kamal is the head of the council and the big village, but because of Azar’s membership, he is not ready to convene a meeting. He believes that this is the work of men.

Camellia is a transsexual girl who lives with her turtle and she is in love with a girl named Soosan. No one is aware of her trans sexuality. Camellia dreams about lovemaking with Soosan and Soosan intends to immigrate to west countries so as to follow academic graduation.

During the Iran-Iraq war in a village where everyone has fled or been killed, a little girl left behind finds a baby.

A documentary short.

A night with Bahman Mohasses famous Iranian Painter

Ghodrat is a disabled simple young boy who lives with a watchman of a shrine in a village. The watchman thinks that the people of village are having a misbelief to the shrine and they seldom come there like before. On the other hand people have lost their faith since none of their wishes and requests have been fulfilled by the shrine. During this time the watchman leaves the village for some time and puts Ghodrat in charge of shrine works. Ghodrat has this gift to communicate with spirits of those buried in shrines garden. Being so simple he spends all the belongings and the money of the shrine for the people and very soon the shrine is empty. One night a shepherdess loses her sheeps in darkness. Ghodrat who is in love with the girl, holds a light all night till morning until all the sheeps come to shrine .The next morning Ghodrat leaves the village by train towards a place where he believes the Master of shrine is there.

The tale of two lonely misfits struggling to survive in the asphalt jungle.

A short documentary film about the bloody massacre of innocent Iranian people in September 8 of 1978. It concentrates on less than a minute of horrifying footage of the bloody killing of people who were unaware of the official curfew, to find out more of the identity of the victims. 'Into Thin Air' can be seen as the moving and pathetic image-reading of any political massacre of innocent victims.

Directed by Manuchehr Tayyab.

A searing documentary about the homeless people and shantytown dwellers of Tehran that has been banned.

Filmed in a women's restroom in a park in Tehran, this film offers insights into the lives of women in Iran. The ladies' room enables the women to unveil themselves, both physically and psychologically. In a series of frank and intimate conversations, these women debate everything from drugs and family abuse, to sex, relationships and religion.

A candid impression of the life of 18-year-old Parisa from Tehran, who is cramming for the university entrance exam.

The film is an experimental exploration of aimless wanderings through the city. It takes the viewer on an odyssey-like journey through the mind, challenging the boundaries between imagination and everyday life while reflecting on society and the alienation of personal life from the public sphere.

An accident occurs on the highway involving two female drivers. The driver of the rear vehicle falls into a coma due to severe injuries. During the investigation, the officer in charge of the case becomes suspicious of the nature and circumstances of the accident.

the Event of Karbala in the History of al-Tabari

Amir, Mansour, and Nader get interested in private detective work after watching crime TV shows.

The film "Somewhere in the Darkness" is made in a different genre. The story of the sale of his father's property by a middle-aged man who has been away from there for years, and this distance has caused the atmosphere of the house to become scary to the point where the objects inside it, with their movements, cause fear and terror in this man and attack him. The man runs away, but stranger events in the city draw him back to this house... and the truth is somewhere in the dark.

A couple travels to northern Iran to have fun and have fun. But on their trip, they encounter terrible events; until...

The temptations of the extreme Siamak do not cure the pain of the obsessive Taha, but when Siamak sees someone smarter than him, his pain is relieved...

The resemblance between a criminal and a simple theater actor, who recently got engaged to his beloved, causes problems. The criminal is wanted and tries to use this resemblance to carry out his evil plans and escape danger in time. The police, with the cooperation of the theater actor, disguise one of the actors as the victim and place him in the path of the criminal. The killer tries to escape upon seeing the victim, but the police, with their vigilance, manage to apprehend him.

A girl enters a coffee shop while waiting for her friend. An unknown number sends her a photo of her, taken just before she enters the coffee shop. The unknown person sends the photo several times until…