Honey (2010) The Turkish film "Bal" won a Golden Bear and the red carpets in the German capital are all rolled up for this year's 60th Berlin Film Festival...
Amreeka (2009) Tells the story of a Palestinian woman, Muna, and her teenage son, Fadi. After winning the green card lottery, they move to a suburb of Chicago..”
Burma VJ (2008) Armed with pocket-sized video cameras, a tenacious band of Burmese reporters face down death to expose the repressive regime controlling their...
The White Ribbon (2009) According to Haneke, the film is about “the origin of every type of terrorism, be it of political or religious nature..”
Lebanon (2009)tells the story of Israeli paratroopers searching a hostile town. The movie is a look at war from inside a military tank by Israeli helmer Samuel Maoz, based..
Waltz with Bashir (2009) One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari Folman about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs..
American Fugitive: The Truth About Hassan (2006) provides rare insight into one of the most critical issues of our time, and into the soul of a man with no..
A Prophet (2009) Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison..
David & Fatima (2008) An Israeli - Palestinian Love Story: Only crazy people change the world. A drama about a Palestinian woman and Israeli man from Jerusalem who fall in..
Scheherazade Tell Me a Story (2009) Hebba Younis is a fiercely independent talk-show host that is married to Karim Hassan, a needy newspaper editor..
Gomorrah (2008) Based on the acclaimed book by Roberto Saviano, Matteo Garrone's GOMORRA is an intense drama that examines the criminal underworld in...
Revolutionary Road (2008) April and Frank Wheeler are a young, thriving couple living with their two children in a Connecticut suburb in the mid-1950s. Their self-assured..
The Stoning of Soraya M(2008) A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam (Caviezel), whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into ..
The Wrestler (2008) His sense of identity fading into nothingness after the spotlights dim and he experiences a close brush with mortality, a retired wrestler begins to evaluate..
The Queen and I (2008) 30 years after the revolution in Iran and being forced into exile, the wife of the shah, Empress Farah Diba Pahlavi breaks her silence..
My Iranian Paradise (2008) A personal film about Iranian history and Persian culture by a Danish filmmaker who spent most of her childhood and youth in Tehran...
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring (2003) An old monk educates a child in a one-room Buddhist monastery floating in the middle of a lake in Korea..
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) Based on the bestselling novel by Nobel Prize winning author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, comes an epic love story that spans a lifetime, set ..
Bab’Aziz (2006) “An Arabian dream that weaves timeless story threads with mystical and Sufi elements into a beautiful film object..
The Kite Runner (2007) Based on one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, 'The Kite Runner' is a profoundly emotional tale of friendship, family..
A New Day in Old Sana'a (2005) Filmed entirely on location in the ancient city of Sana'a, this exquisite film is the first feature ever to come out of Yemen..
Iraq In Fragments (2006) "Iraq in Fragments" paints three pictures of Iraq -- Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish -- through the eyes of its people as they struggle to..
Cuore sacro (2005) a "love story", of a woman coming to her truest self, her "sacred heart... cuore sacro", in a confrontation with her past, and the memory of her...
4 months 3 weeks 2 days(2007) Otilla and Găbiţă share the same room in a student dormitory. They are colleagues at the University in this small town...
The Lives of Others (2007) East Berlin, November 1984. Five years before its downfall, the former East-German government ensured its claim to power with a...
Babel (2006) In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out – detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple's frantic struggle to survive ...
Caché (Hidden)(2005) Georges, who hosts a TV literary review, receives packages containing videos of himself with his family--shot secretly ...
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) Emmanuelle Béart handed the the Palme d'Or to The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach ...
Volver (2006) The film, which stars Penelope Cruz and Carmen Maura is a meeting of "Mildred Pierce" (Michael Curtiz) and "Arsenic and Old Lace" (Frank Capra) ...
The Road to Guantánamo (2006) In September 2001, the mother of Pakistani Asif Iqbal returns to Tripton in England. She has found a bride for his son in a ...
The Syrian Bride(2004) Directed with equal parts humor and humanity, THE SYRIAN BRIDE by Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis, is set on the sun-baked border between Israel..
Nobody Knows (2004) Four siblings live happily with their mother in a small apartment in Tokyo. In fact, the children all have different fathers and...
Live and Become (2005) Copenhagen, Denmark, aug 18-28. Radu Mihaileanu's film "Live and Become" won the top danish golden Swan prize ..
The Return (2003) The Return tells the story of a father who returns after twelve years of absence to his wife and two boys, Andrei (aged 15) and Ivan (aged 12)..
About Baghdad (2004) In July of 2003, exiled writer and poet Sinan Antoon returned to his native Baghdad with a team of independent filmmakers, artists..
Monsieur Ibrahim (2003) Omar Sharif breaks his self-imposed exile from acting to star as an elderly Muslim widower from Turkey who develops a friendship with a ..
Le Couperet (2005) With Le Couperet the Grand Old Man of the political thriller has based his story on something as topical as growing unemployment ...
Manderlay (2005) The story continues from the point where Grace left Dogville. We follow her and her father as they come to Manderlay, a plantation in ...
Broken Flowers (2005) Winner of the 2005 Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, the film tells the story of a man overflowing with wealth but void of emotion..
Downfall (2004) Berlin, April 1945. A nation awaits its downfall. Fighting rages in the streets of the capital. Hitler and his closest confidantes have barricaded...
In the Mood for Love (2000) Hong Kong, 1962. Chief editor of a local daily newspaper, Chau and his wife move into new accommodation in a building mainly..
Elephant (2003) In a more equitable world, Gus Van Sant's Columbine-inspired Elephant would be required viewing in every American high school...
Brothers (2004) At first sight brothers Michael and Jannick couldn't be more dissimilar. Jannick, a selfish waster and drifter, has just been released from prison after a six month ..
No Man's Land (2001) Ciki and Nino, a Bosnian and a Serb, are soldiers stranded in a trench between enemy lines ..
Songs from the Second Floor (2000) Swedish-language dark comedy about an imperiled immigrant, a crucifix salesman, an insane poet, ..
Happy Times (2002)- Zhao is an aging bachelor who hasn't been lucky in love. While good-hearted, Zhao has a tendency to fib--it's not that he's a compulsive liar...
Osama (2003)
A 12-year-old Afghan girl and her mother lose their jobs when the Taliban closes the hospital where they work...
Power and Terror (2002)
Chomsky helps to put the tragic events of 9/11 in the proper context. It may not please some people to be ...
Jenin, Jenin (2002)
"I hope they will censor every film I do. I want them to understand my reality, another truth..." -Director Mohamed Bakri
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Micheal Moore, one of the best, does it again with the Cannes Film Festival winning and soon to be Academy...
Silent Waters (2003)
Pakistan’s Silent Waters wins top Swiss film prize. Silent Waters is the first film of its kind entirely shot in Pakistan...
Granny (2003)
Russian filmmaker Lidiya Bobrova won two awards at the Copenhagen International Film Festival — best movie and best script..
Luna Papa (1999)
In a small village not far from Samarkand, seventeen-year-old Mamlakat dreams of becom- ing an actress..
Talk to Her (2002)
"Talk to Her" begins where the acclaimed "All About My Mother" ended, with the camera framed upon...
Chronicle of Love and Pain (2002)
"The film isn't an historical or anthropological study," Suleiman says...
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1997)
"is the story of a young woman named Maya who has always been lower on the social scale than her well-born friend Tara ...
Ararat (2002)
Atom Egoyan's heartfelt passion project "Ararat" is an abstractly structured account of both the 1915-1923 Armenian genocide...
The Man Without a Past(2002)
This wry comedy takes an affectionate look at the ‘dregs’ of Finnish society, in the manner of a ‘50s B-movie...
The King of Masks (1996)
The King of Masks is a tour de force, a rare movie where every char- acter demands your full attention and you are...
The Crazy Stranger (1998)
Another seductive exploration of Gypsy culture in this vibrant tale of a young Parisian who comes to Romania...
Benjamin's Woman (1991)
This well-cragted and intelligent movie with its critically acclaimed ensemble cast unfolds the conflict and frustration that can arise out of ...

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  For a Moment, Freedom (2009)
The young Austrian-Iranian filmmaker Arash T. Riahi depicts the plight of people trying to flee their homeland and the curious, transitory state of asylum-seekers with tragic comedy and great suspense...
In the Colour Purple (2010)
Banned in Iran since 2004
The film, which tells the story of a romance between an Iranian intelligence agent and the daughter of an opposition group leader, was withdrawn from the screening schedule of the 23rd Fajr International Film Festival 2005 by Hatamikia due to the objections of the Intelligence Ministry..		  
  No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)
After having been released from jail, a young girl and boy roam the heart of Tehran and start an underground journey to form a new band, and find, one by one, members among hidden underground music groups. They want to leave Iran to participate in music festivals in London and Paris, but...
Ahmad Mahmoud: A Noble Novelist (2004)
Ahmad Mahmoud (1931-2002) was a leading Iranian novelist who, over his fifty-year career, published nine short story collections and six novels. Maghsoudlou’s portrait of this well-loved and incredibly talented writer, later overlooked as anti-revolutionary, attests to the extreme difficulties often faced by Iranian writers.		  
  Women Without Men (2009)
Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship ...
Green Days (2009)
Ava is a depressed Iranian Girl. She goes to psychologist for treatment. She sees past political incident in Iran as the cause of her depression. The psychologist advise her to do some labor work like cleaning the staircases and even asks her to work on a play. However, her play, which is inspired by the reality and the problem in her society, gets banned. ..		  
  About Elly (2009)
One of the most remarkable Iranian films to surface in the last few years, About Elly is a small but compelling ensemble piece of surprising depth. It's one of those rare films that can be read on one level purely as a satisfying drama, but which also has a rich, independent inner life, centred on big questions about...
Winter sleep (2008)
Three siblings struggle to find success and happiness in this drama from Iranian filmmaker Siamak Shayeghi. After the death of their parents, sisters Farida (Fatemeh Motamed Aria), Farzhaneh (Ladan Mostofi) and Fereshteh (Pegah Ahangarani) were left to fend for themselves, with eldest Farida becoming the de-facto head of the household..		  
  As Simple as That (2008)
A wife and mother finds herself hovering on the verge of a breakdown in this psychological drama from Iran. Tahareh (Hengameh Ghaziani) lives with her husband, her son and her daughter in a middle-class neighborhood, and she devotes her days to looking after their needs...
Empire of Evil (2008)
A split life. A life between must and want. And a view behind prejudices. The feature length documentary EMPIRE OF EVIL describes the situation in a present day Islamic society..		  
  The Wall (2008)
The son and daughter of a deceased acrobat motorcyclist decide to pursue their father's profession, despite the fact that he died in an accident while performing a daredevil stunt..
Colors of Memory (2008)
Filled with denial and distrust, heart surgeon Dr. Bahman Parsa (Shahbaz Noshir) returns to his home country Iran after 30 years in Germany. There he meets two men who will change his attitude towards life: Ghanati (Ezatollah Entezami), a 70 year old waterfinder and Bahrami, a young and reckless taxi driver..		  
  Hafez (2007)
Hafez falls in love with his mentor's daughter, Nabat. However, it is a forbidden love, and the two are pulled apart. Will they ever be reunited... The latest film directed by the Iranian genius, Abolfazl Jalili. Iranian version of “Romeo and Juliet”..
Tomorrow (2007)
Setsuo Nakayama's Farda is an unusual fish-out-of-water story. Japanese businessman Izava (Kai Shishido) works for an auto manufacturer. Izava is saddened by the death of a man who ran a plant that Izava was ordered to close. Murata had a dying wish to see one of his workers get a large payment...		  
  Portrait of a Lady Far Away (2006)
When a divorced, jaded architect (Homayoun Ershadi of A Taste of Cherry) discovers a suicidal message on his answering machine from an unknown woman, the intoxicating sound of her voice leads him on an all-night odyssey through Tehran with another stranger, a beautiful actress who claims to be the first woman’s friend..
Night Bus (2007)
One of a sandstorm of tales set during the Iran-Iraq war in the '80s, "Night Bus" has a pleasing spareness to its all-male tale about three Iranians charged with driving through the desert to deliver 38 Iraqi POWs to their base camp...		  
  The Locksmith (2007)
The Locksmith deals with the very serious problem of domestic violence, particularly violence toward children and the complicity of other adults in this abuse. Set primarily in a poor neighbourhood of Tehran, the story concerns a widower (Qasem) whose son (Mohammad) reports him for physically abusing him and his little sister..
The Third Day (2007)
The last days of defense in the western part of Khoramshahr, in 1980.Samire and Reza are sister and brother. Beside the people, they are fighting against the enemy.Samire is trapped in the middle of a fight. Reza and his company try to save her...		  
  Poet of the Wastes (2005)
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure
In the streets of Teheran, a street-sweeper-poet learns the most intimate secrets of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, when he examines their bags of rubbish. One day he finds a desperate letter from a woman. He begins to write to her and follows her every morning to an embassy where she is waiting for a visa so that she can leave the country. He nurtures romantic love without finding the courage to declare himself...
One Night (2006)
In this first feature film by actress Niki Karimi (THE HIDDEN HALF), a teenaged girl's travels through Tehran after dark expose a crisis in Iranian sexual mores, as well as offering a tantalizing glimpse of the city's night people. When Negar's mother invites her married lover to spend the night, her daughter willfully sets out on foot at an hour where her only companions will be prostitutes, runaways and soldiers....		  
  Mainline (2006)
Bride-to-be Sara (Kosari, Bani-Etemad's real-life daughter) relapses into heroin abuse while her fianc� is studying in Canada. Sara's mother (Farahi), desperate to clean up her daughter before the wedding, loads her into a car and heads for a rehabilitation center near the Caspian Sea..
Nose, iranian style (2006)
This documentary is about nose job (nose surgery) in Iran that statistically has the highest rank. The film is researching for what Iranian young generation is so interested in changing the appearance. Through nose job, the film surveys and analyzes the urban society and today’s youth of Iran especially in social, psychological, cultural and political fields...		  
  Half Moon (2007)
A venerable Kurdish musician takes off with his 10 sons to cross the border into Iraq, a voyage fraught with danger and portents of catastrophe in Bahman Ghobadi's "Half Moon." Each succeeding Ghobadi film feels like a journey back to a hauntingly familiar yet ever-changing landscape; here, death blurs the frontier between reality and dream, though never dimming the pic's startling beauty, raucous humor or indomitable ethos...
GOODBYE, LIFE (2006)
She wanted to die, but war saved her life
Unlike Western war films, Goodbye, Life isn’t about standard heroics. Maryam is frightened, confused – indeed, once she decides she wants to live, her goal is to hightail back to Tehran – she is a real human being who becomes heroic by simply figuring out a way to survive. Goodbye, Life is not – as the title may suggest – a film about death. Instead, it is a film about re-affirming what it means to live... - Wm. Brian Owens		  
  Persepolis (2007)
Tehran 1978: An eight year old Marjane, dreams of being a future prophet, intent on saving the world. Cherished by her modern and cultivated parents and adored by her grandmother, she avidly follows the events that lead to the downfall of the Shah's brutal regime ...
The Unwanted Woman (2005)
Poor Sima puts up with her philandering and abusive husband, Ahmad. He is so blatant with his indiscretions that he asks Sima to cover for him when he plans a trip with his girlfriend Saba. In an Iran where unmarried couples can be arrested for fraternizing in public, Ahmad needs Sima to pretend that Saba is her cousin. Sima and the couple's young daughter accompany Ahmad and Saba on their trip ...		  
  Stray Dogs (2006)
While picking through rags and refuse in a wintry Kabul, a little girl rescues a button-eyed white puppy trapped in a smoking hellhole, where tormenting urchins wave a fiery circle of flaming torches above as they displace their accumulated aggressions on the sooty pup (“The dog’s looking for the Taliban!,” “She belongs to the Russians ...
The Musician (2006)
A very famous and successful Santoor ( Iranian traditional instrument ) player falls in the trap of drugs and loses everything in his life gradually ! even his wife who was in love with him .he struggles to give up smoking and finds his way to a medical institute and manages to give up smoking ...		  
  M Like Mother (2006)
The movie is about a pregnant mother and her lovely husband, and a seemingly great life. Until (obviously there is a “until”), the doctor tells them that the child might be born retarded, a spazz, a half-human mongoloid. You see, back in the Iran-Iraq war, the young mother was a nurse helping our soldiers, and they got attacked by chemical warfare, and while she seemed to be okay now, the effects are long-term ...
Day Break (2005)
A powerful work of existentialism, Day Break will touch anyone who has ever made the wrong choices in life and been forced to deal with the consequences. At the centre of this harrowing feature debut by Iranian director Hamid Rahmanian is Mansour (Hossein Yari), a convicted murderer sentenced to death. In Iran, capital punishment for certain crimes...		  
  Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
The director tries from the very first scene to indirectly point to that which will ultimately befall the characters. Ruhi {Taraneh Alidousti} and her fiancé are riding a motorcycle on a snowy road. They represent people who, despite being from the margins of society, enjoy the little things in life. Joy that the characters we later meet do not have. ...
Café Setareh (2006)
Through the watchful eye of director Saman Moghaddam, we follow the lives of three Iranian women: Faribah, who runs the neighborhood Café Setareh; young Salome, who dreams of marriage and a comfortable life; and middle-aged Moluk, who has her eye on a younger man...		  
  We are all fine (2005)
Director Bijan Mirbagheri seems to have taken a cue from American independents in this tale of a dysfunctional middle-class family whose private animosities explode when a video camera comes into their midst. Oldest son Jamshid has been abroad for six years, leaving his parents, siblings, wife and young daughter adrift. When Jamshid sends word that he would like his family to prepare a video tape for him,...
Iron Island (2005)
The titular “Iron Island” is a huge rusting tanker off the Iranian coast in which dozens of homeless families have found shelter and formed a community. The head of the ship, Captain Nemat tries to balance finding jobs, oil, food and even husbands for the poor and struggling families...		  
  The Tear of the cold (2004)
pictures the story of a soldier expert at defusing mines and a Kurdish shepherdess, apparently just grazing her flock in the war zone, but deep inside full of hatred with army forces. In the chilly border zone of Kurdistan, where the soldier keeps defusing mines, and the girl keeps helping guerrillas laying mines, who can ever imagine the day that they trust, or even die for each other ...
It's Winter (2006)
A small town in winter, and as one man leaves his wife, mother and young daughter behind to look for work abroad, another arrives by train also looking for work. Charismatic and confident, Marhab has what can only be called a roving eye, and before long, he begins moving in on the other man's wife. ...		  
Café Transit (2005)
An independent-minded widow bucks tradition to run her dead husband's truck stop cafe. In Reyhan's village, it is a tradition for widows to marry their brothers-in-law, who assume the burden of a second wife and their children. But Reyhan will have nothing to do with her late mate's lascivious brother....
A Little Kiss (2005)
One Little Kiss,” the third film in a trilogy by Babman Farmanara, deals with the meaning of life and social issues in contemporary Iranian society. The film is about two writers, Shebly and Sadee, who axe old friends. Shebly lives ...		  
The Fish Fall in Love (2005)
The Fish Fall in Love by {Ali Rafi'i} is a simple and gentle film that adapts the same language of food, this time from northern Iranian cuisine, to speak of life. This is a film that will leave its taste in the pallet long after the curtains have dropped ...
Salvation at 8:20 (2005)
Two young men with an inner desire for a tranquil existence, free from impurities and injustice, find their mutual companionship more rewarding than their relationships with their previous friends and acquaintances...
Offside (2006)
Saturday, February 18, 2006: (Berlin):
Director Jafar Panahi's Offside premiered at the Berlin film festival on Friday. The comedy uses soccer mania to highlight the struggle for women's rights in Iran. Panahi has used a cast of first-time actors to portray a group of girls who disguise themselves as boys to attend a World Cup qualifier at a Tehran stadium, which women are forbidden from entering ...
So Close, So Far (2005)
Dr. Alem, a prominent neurologist and brain surgeon, is engrossed in his professional and personal affairs and neglects the upbringing of his son Saman. The vast desert sky is filled with brilliant stars and Saman spends his time in the middle of the desert...
The Duel (2004)
An invigorating men-in-war movie, with an almost "Three Kings"-like flavor, Iranian action-drama "The Duel" will come as a pleasant surprise to auds sated by either peasant dramas or arty, metaphorical fare from the region ...
Tiny Snowflakes (2003)
In this comedy of "existential ennui," director Ali-Reza Amini (Letters in the Wind) captures the loneliness and isolation of two watchmen guarding a mine in a remote mountain town, who find pleasure in the subtle and simple things of life: a small dog they find and an unknown woman they see walking in the distance...
The Beautiful City (2004)
At the age of 16 Akbar has committed a crime and has received a death penalty. For the moment he is being kept in a reformatory school until he become legally major and can be executed ...
("The Beautiful City" won the Grand Prix Nescafe at the 20th Warsaw Intl. Film Festival)
Tradition of Lover Killing (2004)
It tells a heartbroken story of a family in a small Iran village. Mirza Agha's conspiracy leads to the arrest and imprisonment of illegal woodcutter, Salar. Having lost the only income, the poor family face the even more severe poverty...
Bitter Dream (2004)
Illustrating both the diversity of current Iranian filmmaking and the loosening ties of State censorship, this scabrous black comedy takes a theme straight out of Dickens' A Christmas Carol - visited by the angel of death...
Turtles Can Fly (2004)
The first feature film to emerge from Iraq after the American-led take-down of Saddam Hussein, Bhaman Ghobadi's TURTLES CAN FLY is a profoundly moving reminder that war spares nobody--not even a child ...
All Hell Let Loose (2002)
A story about a family in chaos, abput Minoo who wants to live her own life, about her father Serbandi, who does not realise that to love is to be able to let go, about her mother Nana who late in life longs to make career, ...
Abjad (2003)
In Abjad, director Jalili returns to his roots, the provincial town of Saveh, to offer an autobiographical account of how an Iranian filmmaker reconciles his religion, Islam--with its interdiction against making figurative images -- and his desires to express himself as a visual artist...
I'm Taraneh 15 years old (2001)
Taraneh Allidousti, who played the central character in the fifth film of Rassul Sadr-Ameli, won best actress at the Locarno Film Festival, which ended its 55th edition on Sunday..."
White Nights (2003)
A young university professor, who leads a quiet and reclusive life and fills his life with reading and teaching literature, meet a young girl who has altered the course of her life for the sake of a man she loves. She has promised to meet her beloved at a certain spot on four consecutive nights exactly one year after their last meeting. ...
The River's End (2003)
It's all in the narrator's mind, and words, in "The River's End," an intensely artistic art film by veteran Behrooz Afkhami. The visuals silently illustrate the first-person voice-over of a young man haunted by the memory of his dead father. As the voice drones on reading, only the most insomniac viewers will stay the course until the poetic finale ...
Crimson Gold (2003)
Two master filmmakers, Abba Kiarostami (A Taste of Cherry) and Jafar Panahi (The Circle), team up as writer and director, respectively (as they did on 1996's The White Balloon), on Crimson Gold, a subtle tragedy about class conflict in Iran. ..."
The Winter Song (2002)
The magic melody of "Nature" has always been pulling me and none of my works are free of this tight and invisible attachment. THE WINTER SONG is a song inspired from Nature and is dedicated to the Nature.. we understand that in this "Magic Trip", we get closer to the deep nature of human being which is the only left value of our Earth. ...
Secret Ballot (2001)
On a distant Iranian island, a soldier (Cyrus Abidi) finds that today will not be any ordinary day. It's Election Day. First of all, a ballot box is parachuted out of the sky. Then the government election official arrives... and it's a woman (Nassim Abdi). He's ordered to accompany her around the island in search of votes...
Djomeh (2001)
Djomeh is a young Afghan man working on a small dairy farm in Iran. Despite being an outsider, Djomeh maintains an upbeat spirit and friendly manner. When he falls in love with a local woman, customs don't allow for an open courtship. So Djomeh asks the Iranian farm owner to help him pursue the young woman. ...
You are free (2001)
"The past, present and whatever that is destined to happen in future are what the film is all about. The causes of crime, the roles the family and society play, and the efforts to re-educate juvenile delinquents at reformatory centers are of particular interest in the film..."
The Hidden Half (2001)
The wife of a senior Judge and mother of their two children learns that he is to travel to remote village to hear death row appeal of woman imprisoned for 20 years since shortly after the Shah was deposed. She writes a long letter/diary & packs it in his suitcase for him to read. This details ...
Ten (2002)
In TEN, celebrated Iranian writer-director Abbas Kiarostami (Taste of Cherry, Through the Olive Trees) once again casts his masterful cinematic gaze upon the modern sociopolitical landscape of his homeland -- this time as seen through the eyes of one woman as she drives through the streets of Tehran over a period of several days. Her journey is comprised of ten conversations with various female passengers...
Women’s Prison (2002)
In the event of a violent riot in a women’s prison in Tehran, Tahereh is sent by the authorities to suppress the revolt. She manages to crush the riot through harshness and she comes across a young girl, Mitra, who has been given a life sentence for killing her stepfather. As time goes by, Tahereh’s dogmatic view and attitude towards the prisoners changes and she actually becomes involved in releasing Mitra, her archenemy...
The Last Supper (2002)
In this searing domestic drama about a very unique love triangle, a professor of architecture history divorces her husband after 26 years of marriage. She returns to the house of her father, along with her supportive daughter, to begin life anew. When a handsome young student enters the picture, the bonds between a mother and daughter are stretched beyond the breaking point. ...
Dog killing (2001)
An Iranian Lady Writer called Golrokh Kamali, that Left Her Husband Nasser Moaser Very Angrily Last Year Because She thought that he had a relationship with his secretary in his office, returns to Tehran after the end of war. She sees her husband is bankrupt and he is going to prison. Golrokh noticed that her husband's partner has taken all the capital of the company...
A House Built on Water (2002)
An eight-year-old Hafiz of all Qoran goes into a coma, while reciting Qoran. A very successful gynecologist, Dr. Sepidbakht runs over an angel, while driving under the influence of alcohol. He does not believe in anything and his life is in free-fall. He, too, is in a moral coma. A young girl who is about to marry, discovers that she has AIDS, and decides not to tell the groom. A group of unknown men pursue the doctor to take revenge. They, too, are in a coma of hate...
Baran (2001)
Baran is the romantic story of one Iranian teenage boy, Lateef (Hossein Abedini), who suddenly finds himself deeply in love with a young Afghan girl, permanently altering his view of everything he thought he knew to be true. Lateef, a good-hearted, lazy and often mischievous boy, works as a caretaker on a construction site, providing tea and food to the Afghan workers who work illegally forscant wages...
Under the Moonlight (2001)
A meditation on life, religion & the true path
Like many Iranian films of late (and now, not-so-late), tells a simple story with simple characters resulting in some very complex questions about life, existence, morality. Though obviously dealing with an Islamic society (and, therefore, presumably asks questions about Islam), film can be viewed by a person of any faith (including those with none) and still resonate profoundly. Asks the essential question: if God exists, how can there be so much suffering on Earth? ...
The Yalda Night (2001)
Hamed is a happily married man, deeply in love with his love Mahnaz. When Mahanaz and their daughter Naazee leave Iran in search of a better future in Germany, doubt set in Hamed begins a dark journey into the recesses of the past...

THE QUIET HOME (1993)
Amir Jadaleddin, an irascible old journalist-storyteller (veteran actor Ezzatollah Entezami), doesnít want to stop writing, although times have changed and his style has gone out of fashion. His wife and his editor advise dignified retirement, his children have moved to faraway countries, and his greedy neighbors are eyeing his crumbling house and land. But Amir's soul and his way with words are uplifted as he tries to aid Narges, a young woman searching for a husband lost in action...

Hajji Washington (1982)
The final version of this film which has not been screened yet, is the story of Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori, Iran's first ambassador to the United States who went to Washington during the reign of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and thus became known as "Hajji Washington." During his one-year stay there, because of the Embassy's slack business and subsequent lack of resources...


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