Seven Winters in Tehran 2023
After seven years in prison, a female student in Tehran is hanged for murder. She had acted in self-defence against a rapist. For a pardon, she would have had to retract her testimony. This moving film reopens the case.
After seven years in prison, a female student in Tehran is hanged for murder. She had acted in self-defence against a rapist. For a pardon, she would have had to retract her testimony. This moving film reopens the case.
The story of Imam Hossein's battle in Karbala, an unfair war which made one the most important effects in Islam history.
Khanoom is an episodic movie focusing on three women from three different social classes who has to suffer for the sake of their beloved men.
Arghavan is a woman close to middle age. When she and her husband take the pet dog to the vet, if someone has forced the animal to eat a lot of sweets, which is likely to make him blind.
The story of Masoud, who is trying to emigrate to Europe to make a better life for himself, his mother and his fiancé. After embarking on a difficult and dangerous immigration journey with his best friend, Masoud meets a pregnant doctor and an old man on the way and they band together. Having to flee because of war and terror, Masoud tries to reach his goal with a hopeful but painful journey.
A teacher trying to reach a remote village is attacked by wolves.
A welder discovers his wife has disappeared. He sets out to look for her.
The imprisoned Iranian women’s rights activist Maryam is allowed to meet her family for seven days. Her husband and children beg Maryam to flee with them instead of returning to prison but she has not yet made her decision.
Pizza man Hussein is a daily witnesses to the unjust distribution of wealth in his native Iran. One day, he finds a purse filled with shockingly expensive receipts from an upscale jewelry store. He attempts to bring the purse back to the store, but because of his working-class attire, he's not allowed inside. Then, during a delivery, a rich man invites Hussein into his extravagant mansion – an event that spurs Hussein to make a desperate bid for wealth.
This is a film about the making of Salaam Cinema by Mohsen Makhmalbaf in Tehran and it’s eventual screening in Cannes Film Festival. Viewers are introduced to the personal and professional sides of Makhmalbaf and also to the uncontrollable passion for the cinema, held by the Iranian youth.
A short film about a grandmother and her 7-year-old grandson.
The first lady of a noble house has died and now there is conflict between the remainders for taking over her heritage.
An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.
Shakib is a homeless day laborer who never got over the loss of his wife and son in an earthquake years ago. Over the last couple of years, he has developed a relationship with a deaf and mute woman, Ladan. The construction site on which he works today turns out to be the set of a film about the atrocities committed by Hitler during WWII. Against all odds, he is given a movie role, a house and a chance at being somebody. When Ladan learns about this, she comes to his workplace begging for help. Shakib’s scheme to hide her goes tragically wrong and threatens to ruin his newfound status and what seemed to be the opportunity of a lifetime.
Jalil is 17-year-old boy living with his Iranian family in a suburb near Helsinki. Though he has lived in Finland all his life, it seems hard for him to find acceptance among the "native" Finns. At home he faces the opposite problem. His parents demand him to respect Iranian cultural traditions. Jalil is about one day in the life of a boy standing on the edge of two cultures. On this summer day big things are bound to culminate; religion, identity, love.
Bahram Beyzai's poetic imagining of the circumstances that led to the death of Yazdgerd III, the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, was mysterious: his corpse was discovered in a mill, but the cause of his death—and the whereabouts of his remains—are unknown.
In March 2012, Iranian movie "A Separation" by Asghar Farhadi, won the Oscar Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. For the Iranian people this was more than a cinematic award. When sanctions and threats of war with Iran covered the world headlines, Farhadi talked about Iran's love for peace and the rich culture of the Iranians on the stage when receiving his award. This time the Iranians voice was heard through someone other than the government officials. This documentary shows the reaction of the Iranians to this Oscar award and has a general view on Iran's society of today.
In a drab, anonymous gray school governed by a strict authoritarian regime, an apparently unremarkable day is turned on its head following a seemingly ridiculous announcement. Disbelieving at first, the all male, identically uniformed pupils are informed that what they had always been taught as fact is no longer true. When the incredulous students speak out, what initially seems laughably absurd becomes desperately real as they are forced to question how far they will go to stand up for their beliefs. Two & Two is an allegory for the absurdness of dictatorship and tyranny - and the resilience of the human spirit.
Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
Gard Zani series is the story of the fate of Baran and Nima on their wedding night, which changed with the release of a criminal named Shahrokh, which led to the revelation of many family secrets about them and each member of their families.
People should live in a way that they are ready to meet death at any moment; anytime, anywhere, even in a car and at a red light.
Show; dialogue and selection... an entertaining and eventful program with a happy and different atmosphere that is set to surprise the audience.
It tells the story of some friends who get involved in a romantic affair and fate sets a different path for them...
Aisan and Jakan's love bond gets a new life after going through the difficult days of their life together. They go on their honeymoon to water their love tree...a journey that ends in darkness.
The story of this series revolves around a young girl named "Hojan", an Iranian elite and inventor of an important product that was previously imported from abroad. He succeeds in producing this product, making Iran free from the need to import it. But some profiteers who have interests in importing this product are plotting against him. They try to prevent the mass production of this invention and even reach the point where they plan to physically eliminate him. Later, the police get involved to protect "Hojan" and confront the criminal gang.
Zizigulu is a pink fictional character who is believed to have lived on the planet Ta-be-Ta before he came to Earth and was adopted by a newlywed couple. His full name is "Zizigulu Aasi Paasi Deraakutaa Taa-be-Taa", however he is sometimes referred to as "Aasi-Poolika" and "Zizinghuli"
The "Secret Army" series is a reasoning and inference group game whose fictional story is taken from the popular series of the same name with the theme of the events of World War II: a battle between the partisans and the Nazi German army to save the pilots. The story of this scenario is as follows: during the Second World War, ten actors in different roles of partisans, Colonel Kessler, Gestapo, pilot, Reinhard, etc. gather at the Candid Cafe in Belgium in 1945 for a real game. and do real
The adventures of a movie director who gets involved in a murder case.
Convicted, Mahkum Nasrin, a prosecutor who has lost her husband, is trying to start a new life. However, her son’s opposition and unforeseen events leave her torn between maternal love and professional duty.
An innovative look at the holy defense era, which portrays the relationship between warriors from a different perspective and connects with real stories.
What are you willing to do to support your family? If you are no longer a member of the family, do you do the right thing or wait for them to be destroyed?
Through a mysterious book, Lily discovers that she and her family have lived in many times and places, and now it is Lily's turn to decipher the book and find a valuable painting of her ancestors to make a choice that gives meaning to all these lives and...
Javid is a 17 year old youngster from the southern part of the city and has no identity card. he's desperately trying to prove he's identity through he's aunt so that he could marry the love of he's life Abra.
Zero Degree Turn is a 2007 television series, made through the cooperation of Iran, Hungary, France and Lebanon. The program was one of most expensive and elaborate ever produced by Iran and attracted a large audience there. It is based on a real life story about Iranian diplomat Abdol Hossein Sardari who saved Jews in 1940s Paris during the Nazi Occupation by giving out Iranian passports and allowing them refuge in the Iranian Embassy. Although it has been noted that neither character names nor the story are close to Sardari's story.
Alborz Shams, a resident of Germany, returns to Iran for the death of his father, but in Iran everyone calls him Farhad Babaei and no one remembers him, not even his love Sara.
Sheida intends to travel abroad to seek treatment for her daughter, but due to her husband's secrecy and lies, she faces a horrible event that changes her life forever and...
On the ground, Nasser, a down-on-his-luck petty criminal and perpetually losing bettor, is about to make the last and biggest gamble of his life. Until then, he must hide himself from the enemies who thirst for his blood... On Mars, Luna, the Earth-Mars lady and real estate consultant of the Martian residence, is busy with work and family life problems. He is waiting for a mysterious package that is going to reach him from the ground...
In this program, each person tries to complete his challenge in the most creative way possible and the competition will be for the Oscar statuette. Each guest will receive points from the main presenter of the program based on how they perform their challenge, and based on the points received, the winner of the Oscar statuette will be determined. Also, the guest who receives the least points will assume a social responsibility.