Oblíbený Z Iran, Islamic Republic of

After the sanctions imposed by the US and Europe against Iran, Iranian families face numerous economic problems. MAAT is a doc-fiction about families from different towns decided to immigrate to the capital to solve their financial problems. They spend all their saving on buying a house in that utopia. After entering the house, they found out the flat has been sold to a few buyers. They are finding a way out for their problem when they find a large sum of money (US dollars, Credit cards and ...) in the flat. Now they face the ethical dilemma of taking the money or telling the truth to the police or solving the problem between themselves somehow.

Directed by Manuchehr Tayyab.

Using an invasive cinéma verité camera, the extraordinary acts of faith of dervishes under trance conditions in Iranian Kurdistan are documented.

During a drive to a shoot, Babak persuades his assistant Amir to share the details from a script.

A top student in a nomad's winter place, Aslan misses his chance to attend final exams due to the problems his father's dealing with. Now he has to study while leading the herds as a shepherd. But in the first place, he is obliged to teach something of life to an elder shepherd who has fallen for his big sister; to teach him to be a worthy man to love his sister.