A lonely young man lives on the outskirts of Tehran and is interested in helping stray and injured dogs. He meets a young woman who has fled to the area, but she has a secret in her life that takes the relationship between them in a different direction...
Shirin is being celebrated for her pregnancy with her husband of thirteen years. But she is haunted by her experiences as a volunteer nurse in the Iran-Iraq War.
Malika, a transgender woman, and Mohamed, are a young couple from Kabul, who fled their families honour killing plan and Taliban's fatal punishments, in order to be able to be together and cultivate their forbidden love for each other. Regardless of poverty, fear of deportation, daily harassment, sexual violence and gender identity crisis, their love towards each other, keep them fighting for a better life in Turkey. We follow their challenging journey and transformation from scratch through registration for Turkish residency, seeking help in NGO's and even "adopting" a new member to their self-made family from the streets. As their life seems to get better from the outside, unexpected and darker perspectives surface, and leave the audience to question the muddy waters of ethics between victimhood and becoming a perpetrator.
Farhad is a young historian who is hired by a widow to organize her deceased husband's diaries. During the process, he meets the old woman's niece and falls in love with her. Their romance takes an unexpected turn when Farhad realizes that he is, in fact, the old man born into a new body.
As a teenage football player Ali is preparing for an important match, he must keep a secret hidden. But when Hamed finds out about it, the path ahead of Ali becomes shrouded in doubt.
A film by Alireza Izadi
The closet is Sina's only refuge. He is a ten-year-old boy who has girlish tendencies and is always scolded by his father. So, he hides himself in the closet. One day at school, he is kicked out of class because he wears nail polish and hides in the lab closet in fear. But when the school is closed, he gets stuck there and...
A teenage girl has abandoned a part of her ego and the hidden part is now striving to emerge and be noticed by the girl, in different ways. By remembering an old memory, the girl finally realizes about her suppressed feelings and emotions and tries to stand against her fears, in order to retrieve her hidden half.
American cars refer to the lifestyle
Based on the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini by the Iranian morality police, the film shows the situation of women and human rights in Iran since the Islamic Revolution. The hand-drawn animation illustrates a poem by the author Ayeda Alavie.
The media images of the 1979 revolution are derived from a few sources that are repeatedly rearranged – and can reveal hidden stories and people. Safarian takes a personal look at the events, their cinematic presentation, and the concept of revolution in general: his work coincided with the “Arab Spring” in Egypt and Tunisia. Safarian recognized the same gestures, behavior, and signs: “Crowds fill the streets, burning tires, cars, and buildings; fists, slogans, guns: This is nothing more than a revolution that repeats itself over and over again.” “Conversations with the Revolution” sets out to fathom what the photos and films are really about, what they show exactly.
A girl who has been chosen by a young photographer as a model and her desire is to be the best...
After the Iranian Revolution of 1979., in accordance with its interpretation of Islamic standards, Iran introduced a mandatory dress code for women. In September 2022, the 22-year-old Iranian kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in a hospital in Tehran under suspicious circumstances after The Guidance Patrol, the religious morality police of Iran's government, arrested her for allegedly not wearing the hijab in accordance with government standards. After her death, the Law Enforcement denied allegations of police brutality. However, eyewitnesses reported she was severely beaten, and leaked medical scans suggest she died due to head injuries received after her arrest. Amini's death rises objections all around the country and results in a series of protests.
A Documentary about Qeysar Aminpour. Aminpour was an Iranian poet. He was one of the several distinguished poets who can be considered the founder of post-Revolution Iranian poetry
A kind 80-year-old grandma named Mehri lives alone in a little town in Iran. Going through a lot of hardships in life, she has been awaiting in a little house on the foothill of the town for 35 years. Her sons haven’t visited her for 20 years.
This movie is not about love, nor is about war. This movie is about the end of love.
Searching for meaning in the absence of love
Nima, who considers himself to be the cause of the Fereshteh's death, goes to the cemetery at night with his friend Shayan to get rid of the torment of conscience by performing a special ritual.
Abolghassem Rezai’s Fire-Fighting at Ahwaz is a pioneering example of industrial documentary filmmaking in a rapidly developing Iran.
The documentary deals with Mithraism. The relationship and influence of the Mehri ritual in the Christian religion and the rejection of the natural and historical roots of the Mehr in different Asian and European cultures and nations is the subject of this research documentary. Mithraism has a longer history than any other religion in the general culture of Iran. "Mithraism" has been very effective in the formation of our Iranian culture.
