Hawas

Hawas 2016

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A family from Afghanistan moves to a foreign country to live a better and happier life, but they desire to have it all.

2016

Polychrome

Polychrome 2017

1

Amazing. You’ve never seen so much plasticine doing so much crazy stuff.

2017

The Night of Songs

The Night of Songs 2014

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Short film by Jennifer Saparzadeh. Algerian-born Frenchman Philippe Jacq embodies a psychological journey through exile and loneliness. Traditional and contemporary Iranian poems resound against a bleak black and white landscape as he travels through the material of imagination and longing.

2014

Out of Iran

Out of Iran 2013

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Out of Iran documents the journeys of LGBT individuals as they flee Iran and travel to the West. It explores the complex journeys of LGBT Iranians escaping a repressive regime, only to face new challenges as immigrants in new countries.

2013

Third Sex

Third Sex 1970

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According to Islamic Republic law, homosexuality is a crime. To normalize Iranian society, there is a law which allows Iranian homosexuals to do a legal sex change operation. In this documentary we meet Arsham, a homosexual woman.

1970

Rhythm

Rhythm 1964

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In this stunningly composed short film, the movement of a train and its arrival at Tehran’s central station is imaginatively edited in sync with maestro percussionist Hossein Tehrani’s mesmerizing use of the zarb.

1964

A Few Moments with Qaderi Dervishes

A Few Moments with Qaderi Dervishes 1973

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

1973

With Earth ... To Earth

With Earth ... To Earth 1981

1

A documentary on the difficult lives of children of a village in the southern part of Iran, who work in a traditional kiln

1981