In pre-revolution Iran, a village girl’s rejection of marriage and defiance of dress codes leads Read More »
Tag Archives: Persian
Booy-E Pirahan-E Yusef / The Scent of Joseph’s Shirt (1995) Ebrahim Hatamikia, Niki Karimi, Ali Nassirian, Jafar Dehghan
A subtle examination of the intricacies of mourning those who are missing in action. Read More »
Leily Is with Me (1996) Kamal Tabrizi, Parviz Parastui, Mahmoud Azizi, Maziar Lorestani
During the war with Iraq, an absurd set of events has an Iranian documentary cinematographer seemingly Read More »
A Moment of Innocence (1996) Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mirhadi Tayebi, Ali Bakhsi
An Iranian policeman asks a director to make a film about a true stabbing incident involving both of them. Read More »
There Are Things You Don’t Know (2010) Fardin Saheb-Zamani, Ali Mosaffa, Leila Hatami, Mahtab Keramati
A pensive taxi driver living the ordinary tedious life is little-by-little altered by one of his usual passengers: a talkative female doctor. Read More »
And, Towards Happy Alleys (2023) Sreemoyee Singh, Mina Mohammad Khani, Aida Mohammadkhani, Jafar Panahi
A passionate declaration of love for the cinema and poetry of Iran, which also offers a frank view of the precarious situation Read More »
The Raven / Kalagh (1977) Bahram Beyzaie, Parvaneh Massoumi, Hossein Parvaresh, Anik Shefrazian
When Mr. Esalat is looking for a topic for his TV show, he notices an advertisement in the newspaper about a missing girl. Read More »
Death of Yazdgerd / Marg Yazdgerd (1982) Bahram Beyzaie
Death of Yazdgerd is the story of death of the last king of Iran before Muslims invade Iran. Read More »
Tales / Ghesse-ha (2014) Rakhshan Banietemad, Habib Rezaei
A series of seven interconnected vignettes about different people dealing with their everyday problems in modern day Iran. Read More »
Roozi ke zan shodam / The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
A film comprised of three interconnected vignettes that depict women at three stages of life in Iran. Read More »