All Films

Share
  • Here the Seats Are Vacant

    اینجا صندلی ها خالیست
    Directed by Shiva Sanjari • 2016 • Iran
    The life of Iranian women who were working in the mainstream Iranian cinema changed drastically after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. These women use to get small roles or dance in these movies. But they suddenly eliminated from the in...

  • Hey Humans

    آی آدم‌ها
    Directed by Rakhshan Banietemad • 2016 • Iran
    Through the charity organization, "Chain of Hope", a team of volunteer Iranian and French medical doctors treat underprivileged child patients from all over Iran in three branches of cardiac, orthopedics and rehabilitation to the highest sta...

  • Hidden

    پنهان‌شدگی
    Directed by Seyed Reza Razavi • 2019 • Iran
    A female documentary filmmaker in search of the person who had filmed a 20-second footage of a massacre during 1979 Iranian revolution.

  • Homi D. Sethna, Filmmaker

    null
    Directed by Sepideh Farsi • 2000 • India/France
    “He said Mr. Sethna, what are you? I said I’m a human being. Then… I’m an Indian. Then I suppose, I am a Zoroastrian, or if you like, a Parsi. Then my profession. I’m a filmmaker.”
    A journey through a very unusual old man’s life in Bombay.

  • Huguette Caland: Outside the Lines

    null
    Directed by L’Or Puymartin • 2019 • Lebanon
    This riveting documentary offers a window onto the life and work of the iconic artist, Huguette Caland. Earlier in her life, Caland lived in Lebanon where she married and raised three children, while studying Fine Arts at the American University i...

  • I Am A Sex Addict

    null
    Directed by Caveh Zahedi • 2006 • USA
    On the eve of his third marriage, Caveh tells the story of how his attraction to prostitutes and his compulsive honesty combined to destroy each of his past relationships.

  • I Don't Hate Las Vegas Anymore

    null
    Directed by Caveh Zahedi • 1994 • USA
    I Don't Hate Las Vegas Anymore is a documentary about a filmmaker who takes a road trip to Las Vegas with his father and half-brother in an attempt to prove the existence of God. He posits that if God exists, and if God is indeed omniscient, omnipotent a...

  • I Want To Be A King

    می‌خواهم شاه باشم
    Directed by Mehdi Ganji • 2015 • Iran
    Abbas has a dream: a dream that one day, he will be king of a tribe that will be revered by people the world over. The trouble is, he’s got a pretty busy day job. After two German tourists stumbled into his hut in nomadic Iran and left havin...

  • I Was Blacklisted By Thom Powers

    null
    Directed by Caveh Zahedi • 2012 • USA
    The story of how and why an American programmer tried to censor an Iranian-American filmmaker for making a film about censorship in the Middle East.

  • I Was Possessed By God

    null
    Directed by Caveh Zahedi • 1998 • USA
    A filmmaker experiences divine possession after taking a “heroic dose” of hallucinogenic mushrooms.

  • I, Akbar Etemad Split Atoms

    من اکبر اعتماد اتم می‌شکنم
    Directed by Vahid Hosseini • 2013 • Iran
    Akbar Etemad, born and raised in Hamadan, is the founder of the Iranian Organization of Atomic Energy and the first director of Bu-Ali-Sina University of Hamadan. He is known as the father of the nuclear science in Iran. This do...

  • I'm Just A Poet, Officer!

    من فقط شاعرم، جناب سروان!
    Directed by Nasser Saffarian • 2016 • Iran
    An intimist documentary on Iranian songwriter and poet Yaghma Golrouee. Alternating performance footage, poetic digressions and interviews with the poet, the film explores Iranian music and songwriting through the years, chiefly...

  • In Memoriam of a National Leader

    یادی از یک رهبر ملی
    Directed by Hossein Torabi • 1979 • Iran
    A short documentary about Dr.Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882 –1967), the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, who was removed from power with a coup orchestrated by British and American governments, and changed the fate of millions o...

  • In Search

    در جستجو
    Directed by Susan Bayani • 2009 • Iran
    To mark the 30th anniversary of the revolution, Susan Bayani makes a short documentary about “Search One” by Amir Naderi and the challenges he had to go through to make his first ever documentary in 1980.

  • In the Bathtub of the World

    null
    Directed by Caveh Zahedi • 2001 • USA
    On January 1st, 1999, I started a one-year video diary. The idea was to shoot one minute each day. This is the result.

  • Infidels (Koffar)

    کفار
    Directed by Bahman Kiarostami • 2003 • Iran
    Infidels (Koffar) is A Film about the Godars--Artist-Gypsies Living in Northern Iran. The film recounts the four ways which the Godars make their living: dancing, acting, hunting and music, and showcases their dedication to preserve their art and a...

  • Into Thin Air

    گم و گور
    Directed by Mohammadreza Farzad • 2010 • Iran
    A short documentary film about the bloody massacre of innocent Iranian people in the birth month of the director, September 8 of 1979. it concentrates on a less than minute horrifying footage of the bloody killing of people who were unaware o...

  • Involuntary Perfection

    null
    Directed by Reza Sayah • 2020 • Iran
    An Iranian man uses the guiding principles of two ancient crafts to overcome the wounds of a broken family and discover the secret to achieving perfection.

  • Iran, Southwestern

    ایران، جنوب غربی
    Directed by Mohammad Reza Fartousi • 2011 • Iran
    This film is the story of Al-Azim marshland drying with look at the lifestyle of last residents living in that land. A stirring account of an overlooked natural disaster.

  • Iran, Utopia in the Making

    ایران، آرمانشهر در تکاپو
    Directed by Jocelyne Saab • 1980 • Lebanon
    The Iranian revolution leads to the Shah’s downfall and installation of the Islamic Republic. Avoiding the more sensational elements of the news this film questions Iranian society as a whole to try to understand what this wave o...

  • Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution

    ایران: یک انقلاب سینمایی
    Directed by Nader Takmil Homayoun • 2006 • Iran
    Throughout the twentieth century, Iranian filmmakers never ceased to fight against monarchical and then Islamic power. From this confrontation, an original cinematography emerged and is today exported worldwide. This documen...

  • Iran’s Arrow, The Rise and Fall of Paykan

    این پیکان
    Directed by Shahin Armin, Sohrab Daryabandari • 2017 • Iran
    Iran's Arrow is a film about a British car that was introduced to Iran in 1967. It was produced under the model name “Paykan” for 38 years. It can be seen in the streets of Iran today. The film shows the impact this car had on ...

  • Iranian

    ایرانی
    Directed by Mehran Tamadon • 2014 • Iran
    An atheist, Iranian filmmaker Mehran Tamadon managed to convince four mullahs, all believers in the Islamic Republic of Iran, to come and stay with him for two days and engage in discussion. In this confined space, daily life is combined with debate...

  • Iranian Journey

    null
    Directed by Maysoon Pachachi • 2000 • Germany/Iran/UK
    Iranian Journey is a documentary road movie with Massoumeh Soltan Baloghie, the first woman long-distance bus driver in Iran and, probably, the whole Islamic world.
    On a 22-hour bus trip north to south across Iran from Tehran to Bandar Ab...