Iranian Cinema

Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident ...

Nader's wife asks for a divorce because he refuses to leave Iran. Events then unfold at a frantic pace for him.

Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against ...

Ahmad arrives in Paris to finalize his divorce. He discovers the strained relationship between his ex-wife and his daughter.

Seventy-year-old Mahin, solitary until now, chooses to revive her love life.

What begins as a minor accident sets in motion a series of escalating consequences.

A poetic love story about Iranian youth's hope for freedom, persistent inequalities, and the exile that threatens their lives.

Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian ...

The Iranian female judoka Leila is at the World Judo Championships, intent on bringing home Iran's first gold medal.

1978, in a small village called Zalava, villagers claim that a demon is among them. A young sergeant who investigates the claim crosses paths with an exorcist ...

A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian ...

A chaotic family is on a road trip across a rugged landscape. In the back seat, Dad has a broken leg, Mom tries to laugh when she's not holding back tears, ...

Mina's life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed, so she starts a silent battle against ...

The story of 12-year-old Ali and his three friends. Together they work hard to survive and support their families, doing small jobs in a garage and committing ...

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on ...

"Enter our sweepstakes via text message. Does Maryam Komijani deserve to be forgiven and pardoned? Send 1 for yes, 2 for no" then the TV show goes live ...

Every country that enforces the death penalty needs people to kill other people. Four men are put in front of an unthinkable but simple choice. Whatever ...

Three Iranian actresses: one from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, one popular star of today and a young girl longing to attend a conservatory.

As Jafar Panahi is banned from making movies by the Iranian government, he poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran. Director ...

A school teacher from Tehran is preparing to attend a wedding in northern Iran. When her husband suddenly forbids her to go, she makes a choice that will ...

A collection of 24 short four-and-a-half minutes films inspired by still images, including paintings and photographs. An experimental project made by filmmaker ...

Nahal breaks her arm in a fight at school. A man claims she hit someone while riding a motorcycle and fled the scene because she didn't have a permit. ...

In his feature film debut, director Bahman Ghobadi portrays the life of Kurds on the Iraq-Iran border who live from smuggling because the fields are mined. ...

A depiction of the off-screen relationship between the actors who play the newlyweds in the film Zendegi va digar hich (1992). The movie focuses on one ...

Dans sa voiture, un homme traverse la banlieue de Téhéran et cherche quelqu'un pour l'accompagner...Palme d'or au Festival de Cannes 1997. Dans sa voiture, ...

A gold fish farmer in a small Iranian village is facing financial ruin when his water supply from the river is cut off. Reza (35), having distanced himself ...

Four Iranian mullahs, pillars of the regime, and an Iranian filmmaker living in exile, critical of the regime, discuss God and the world.

The film is set in a dreamlike atmosphere, the characters do not have names, locations and streets neither. Tehran is the only character whose name is ...

Le président et sa famille dirigent leur pays d’une main de fer, profitant d'une vie luxueuse pendant que ses sujets vivent dans la misère. Dans un pays ...

Alors que Téhéran bat le pavé au lendemain d'une élection usurpée, un homme et une femme relaient la révolte à l'extérieur et apprennent à s'aimer. Téhéran, ...

Mitra Farahani a passé deux mois aux côtés de Bahman Mohassess, les deux derniers de cette légende de l’art moderne iranien, exilé volontaire dès l'ère ...

Rana has chosen a path in order to support her family, while Adineh (Eddie) has fled his home and city to escape his complicated situation as a transsexual ...