Ten, the latest film by Iranian master filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami Read More »
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The Key AKA Kelid (1987) Ebrahim Forouzesh, Mahnaz Ansarian, Abbas Jafari, Amir Mohammad Pourhassan
Calamity by four-year old might be another title for this tense, humorous drama. Read More »
Djomeh (2000) Hassan Yektapanah, Jalil Nazari, Rashid Akbari, Mahmoud Behraznia
Djomeh is a young Afghan man who has come to live in Iran because of family trouble. Read More »
The White Balloon AKA Badkonake sefid (1995) Jafar Panahi, Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy
Razieh wants a fat goldfish for the Iranian New Years celebration instead of the skinny Read More »
Mum’s Guest AKA Mehman-e maman (2004) Dariush Mehrjui, Golab Adineh, Parsa Pirouzfar, Amin Hayayee
Directed by Dariush Mehrjui, ‘Mom’s Guest’ is set against the backdrop of the Iraq-Iran war Read More »
Mr. Gullible AKA Aghaye Halou (1970) Dariush Mehrjui, Ali Nassirian, Ezzatolah Entezami, Fakhri Khorvash
A man from village goes to city, to find a job and marry a wife. Read More »
Sara (1993) Dariush Mehrjui, Niki Karimi, Yasman Malek-Nasr, Khosro Shakibai
Sara is the perfect young housewife, eager to serve. When husband Hessam requires an expensive emergency operation abroad Read More »
Pari (1995) Dariush Mehrjui, Niki Karimi, Ali Mosaffa, Khosro Shakibai
Haunted by a book found in her dead brother’s room, Pari wanders around to find answers for a meaningful life. Read More »
Bodyguard (2016) Ebrahim Hatamikia, Parviz Parastui, Merila Zare’i, Babak Hamidian
A government bodyguard protects a politician from a suicide bomber, and then begins to question his dedication to his job. Read More »
Shirin (2008) Abbas Kiarostami, Mahnaz Afshar, Pegah Ahangarani, Taraneh Alidoosti
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star Read More »
The Immigrant AKA Mohajer (1989) Ebrahim Hatamikia, Gholamreza Ali Akbari, Seyed Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, Ali Reza Heydari
A man who controls small airplanes to detect Iraq’s front line, is put in danger not being able to return. Read More »
Ballad of Tara AKA Tcherike-ye Tara (1979) Bahram Beizai, Susan Taslimi, Manuchehr Farid, Reza Babak
Tara, the young beautiful widow, returns with her two little kids from country to her village. Read More »
An Apple from Paradise (2010) Homayun Morowat, Hashmat Fanaei, Rajab Gussainov, Mohaiuddin Safa
A pious old man, who is a proponent of suicide attackers, comes to Kabul to visit his only son Read More »
The Deer AKA Gavaznha (1974) Masud Kimiai, Behrouz Vossoughi, Faramarz Gharibian, Nosrat Partovi
Wounded by the police, a thief looks up his old friend in order to leave the proceeds of his theft with him. Read More »
Harmonica AKA Saz Dahani (1974) Amir Naderi, Abbas Pourahadi, Jomeh Vafabakhsh, Mehdi Javadi
Set on the sun-drenched southern coast of Iran, from which director Amir Naderi hails Read More »