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Showing 35 Films from Iran
Abadan
Separated from but still emotionally attached to her husband, a woman searches desperately for her runaway father who is obsess...
About Elly
A group of old college pals reunites for a weekend adventure on the sea, but compounding lies and deception quickly lead to cat...
Afghanistan, The Lost Truth
An honest look at a war-ravaged land after the fall of the Taliban, going beyond the now-clichéd images of so many recent films...
An Eye for an Eye
Convicted of murdering her husband, Tahereh served her sentence and now faces a ticking clock to negotiate with her in-laws who...
Angels Die in the Soil
An Iraqi-Kurdish girl faces war and redemption in Angels Die in the Soil (Fereshtegan Dar Khak Mimirand).
Concert of Mysteries
Produced by Manijeh Hekmat, whose The Wall this short accompanies, is a glimpse inside one of the only truly free places in Ira...
Crystal
A young woman is afflicted by a strange and rare disease that leads to painful crystals being produced in her eyelids and uteru...
Day Break
In Iran, a murder conviction allows for the victim's family to choose capital punishment or forgiveness for the perpetrator. Th...
Driving Lessons
According to Iranian law, Bahareh (Linda Kiani) must have her traditional, chauvinistic husband accompany her on driving lesson...
Eddeaa
Eddeaa is a satirical revelation of the paradoxes and contradictions between tradition and modernity within Persian culture.
Fireworks Wednesday
On the last Wednesday before the spring solstice ushers in the Persian New Year, people set off fireworks following an ancient ...
Gilaneh
It is the Iranian New Year, 1988. Sadaam is bombing Tehran. And Gilaneh's family is being ripped apart by the war. Her son-in-l...
Half Moon
Graying but determined, Mamo is a famed Kurdish musician who obtains permission to cross the Iranian border to give his first c...
Head Wind
The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran does its best to restrict its citizens' access to information and media from the...
Inside Out
There are probably few places in the world where it's more difficult to be a transexual than the Islamic Republic of Iran. Insi...
In the Shadow of the Cypress
A captain suffering from PTSD who struggles with a harsh life. He wants to be a caring father...One day something unexpected ha...
Kisses and Bullets
Two Iranian women face their fears by going to a protest, and connect across the world with a photo that brings them hope for a...
Men at Work
This subtle and comic political allegory focuses on four middle-class guys who pile into their car for a ski weekend (already a...
Moment
Navel
This experimental "reality drama" depicts a few seemingly idle days in the lives of four men and a woman who share an apartment...
Night of the Hunchback
This dark comedy, a key masterwork of Iranian cinema, has long remained unseen in the West. Adapted from a story in 1001 Nights...
Once Upon a Time in Marrakech
In the autumn of 2005, 16 film students from NYC and Morocco converged on Marrakech as guests of the Tribeca Film Institute, Tr...
Pilgrimage/Infidels
After Saddam's fall, hundreds of thousands of Iranians rushed to cross the suddenly unguarded border with Iraq to visit the hol...
President Mir Qanbar
A 75-year old villager mounts his third campaign for Iran’s presidency, aided only by a disabled sidekick, to whom he’s natural...