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

A true murder story...

How does one visualise an amorphous idea, one that has become abstract to the point of obscurity? Landscape, real and imagined, provides the backdrop for a visual narrative, while sound, intertwined with a self-narrated monologue, adds a third dimension to this specific portrayal. Newsha Tavakolian is detached from the real world and yet achingly affected by it. An experimental take on a reality intensified by the emotional flare of PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome).

This documentary film follows a small band of military commandos, members of the Afghan army who fight their country's enemies during predominantly night missions. A story of war, love, life and death, it is an unprecedented look at these elite fighters, and the hopes and dreams they have rarely spoken of until now.

It is the life story of two brothers named Isa and Mohammad Ali who start a journey around the world together and set up their photo exhibitions in different areas.

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.

Maryam Firooz, sister of Nusrat Al-Dawlah Firooz and daughter of Abdolhossein Farmanfarma (grandson of Abbas Mirza, ruler, minister and prime minister of the famous Qajar period and one of the richest people in Iran) has lived a tumultuous life in his private life and social life. And the landings are in his own language at the age of 95.

Documentary about Dr. Fatemi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mohammad Mossadegh's government

This film reviews the lives of 6 former residents of Sitir Street (Ghavam Al-Satna) and their memories of living on this street. While reviewing these memories, the importance and historical-biological value of this street is shown in the memory of the people of Tehran and Iran.

One Image, Two Acts examines the photographic archives of British Petroleum during its operations in Iran, unraveling BP’s widespread construction of cinemas in the oil towns of Iran. The film is a coalescence of infrastructures, images, and archives of oil wherein cinematic time and geological time mobilize different sites, temporalities, and numerous material modalities in the colonial episteme.

Susan and Raha are two senior students studying Dramatic Arts in an art school. They are both candidates for the role of Johnathan Livingston from Richard Bach's, but soon after the audition some peculiar events start to arise and take place. More peculiar than Susan's appearance.

Afghanistan has one of the world’s worst ratings in terms of domestic violence. All of this stems out of a lack of family law in our judicial system. Those working on reform, work very hard to find solutions for this problem but face severe opposition by the conservatives. Meanwhile, the cries of women committing self-immolation and street-children in the dynamics of a society make one face with the stories of bitter realities and inspiring struggles.

United Nations assistance mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in collaboration with Radio and television Afghanistan produced a series of documentaries that explores the last decade of efforts by UN agencies and international community to help Afghanistan rebuild the country. The documentary series examines the challenges, achievements and failures of these efforts and programmers by focusing on the most important issues such as women, police force, peace, drug, education, human rights, election, health, and children.

A documentary about the Paykan, Iran's former national car, and its fate.

"Premeditated Murder" is a 1399 drama film directed by Saeed Dolatkhani. Saeed Dolatkhani has used new actors in this work who have been able to play well. Ardalan, a young man from the working class, meets a mysterious stranger at the height of his financial and emotional crisis and finds himself in a complicated situation

The film centers on the hate of a father from her lesbian daughter. Their relationship is shockingly described by the girl to the body of her father at a hospital, but then unpredictably she realizes that her father is still alive.

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.

A few years back, a video of stray dogs being killed by acid injection by council workers in Shiraz(Iran) went viral. Nobody took responsibility for the action. The murderer was interviewed in this film.

An American newsman was captured by ISIL, hoping to be saved by the U.S army but instead, he was saved by the Iranian anti- terrorist unit.