A young woman lives alone in Tehran with her cat, Tirishko. Having learnt that her mother in Ispahan is ill, she decides to go and look after her. But as she cannot find anyone to take care of Tirishko, she sets off with the cat in tow. Her subsequent journey is not without incident.
Documentary about an infertile couple
It has been 10 years since the international community and local entities’ initiated their efforts towards the elimination of violence against women, the women of Afghanistan are still suffering victims of violence and lawlessness. The Taliban, no longer in power, is present in the shadows, and their brutal practices and policies towards women, especially in the countryside, are still profoundly visible. “Violence Against Women – 10 Years On” explores how, and why, this recurrent atrocity against women in Afghanistan continues to rise despite government and international community efforts to implement the law on the elimination of violence and the establishment of a High Commission for the Prevention of Violence against Women.
A young boy tells the story of his failed suicide bombing attack as if it was a heroic episode. “If the bomb had exploded, no one would have survived.” “Did you hope so?” “Yes, I will go back someday and kill everyone while I commit suicide.” The most petrifying words flow casually from the boy’s mouth. The main characters in Children of the Night are five boy soldiers under the age of 15. These children, who are raised as “bombs of anger” by ISIS, are war criminals and at the same time victims. How are we supposed to live with these children? How can they live a life in the world? Behind the beautiful shots captured with elaborate close-ups, director Nouranipour tackles a burdensome question.
A young woman makes an origami bracelet for her crush but when it’s intercepted by her teacher, she must go to great lengths to retrieve it.
A documentary about a picture which was taken by the journalists in 1997 in Youth Square. The movie analyses the situation of journalists and newspapers and how the political and social changes affected the conditions of media and journalism.
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.
This documentary explores the life and thought of the Iranian “anti-Western” philosopher, Ahmad Fardid (1910-1994).
The sound of a man playing from the speaker has upset everyone in a pool.
Samad goes to war
Short Documentary about Iranian Artist Mohsen vaziri Moghaddam
"Lost In Her Hair (Monday)" starts with an excited young Iranian girl getting ready for her first day of school. As her mother is brushing her hair and dressing her, she has varied conversations with off-frame family members that reflect cultural specificities.
Sarah is a girl that lives in a rich unreligious family in Tehran and lives in a studio apartment. One night Khosro (her boyfriend) comes to Sarah's apartment with his friend Khalil. On that night Sarah overdosed on alcohol and got temporary oblivion and when she gets up the next morning findsherself alone at the home. She finds two cell phones left by Khosro at her apartment. Unable to remember what has happened last night, suddenly she notices two blood stains on the carpet.
She kills herself to be born again
Farhad, who is the son of a taxi driver and works on his father's taxi in the afternoons, is interested in his sweet classmate, but a deceitful young man named Khosrow, who is trying to marry Shirin and take over his father's fortune, wants to have a relationship. Disrupt the two. With the help of a woman named Laleh, Farhad intends to become a successful singer. Khosrow makes Shirin pessimistic about the relationship between Farhad and Laleh, and Shirin, in retaliation, turns to a young man named Jalal. After severing ties with Laleh, Farhad clarifies the matter to Shirin and goes to Shirin's courtship with his parents. Shirin's father agrees and his mother opposes the union. Khosrow's friends kidnap Shirin's father's jewelry store and drag Farhad to the police station as a thief.
SHAK is about an Afghan living in Pakistan in extreme poverty. In order to pay for his mother's surgical operation, he finds he has no choice but to sell one of his kidneys. On his way to acquiring this money, he runs into a criminal gang and gets injured in a street fight.
Azadeh is living in the village with her family, She wants go to city for visit her father for the last time, but her mother and brother don’t allow her.
A poetic portrayal of the life of Shirin Parsi - rice farmer, environmentalist, and social activist.
A young married woman who falls in love with a young draper. He asks her to run away with him, but destiny says otherwise.
An Iranian TV animated short film about America's terrorist attack at the Baghdad airport and the assassination of Martyrs, General Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, and their comrades.
