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Norooz, Tehran's Time
نوروز به وقت تهران
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2015 • Iran
"Nowruz, Tehran's Time" is about Nowruz rituals in Tehran. While touring and watching the Nowruz rituals in Tehran, the film takes a look at the background of this ceremony in Tehran through conversations with Professor Abdullah Anvar, Ja... -
Aqueduct, The Story of Water
کاریز
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2021 • Iran
Aqueducts or Kariz were invented and developed by Iranians in the dry regions of Persia in the first millennium BC.
This technology was an underground channel that carried fresh water several kilometres from mountain slopes to plains so that farmers ... -
Baluchi Garden
باغ بلوچی
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2021 • Iran
Sistan and Baluchestan Province is located in the southeast of Iran in an arid desert climate.
Due to the drought, most of the villagers were forced to immigrate to other towns.
This documentary shows two lifestyles in the desert region. One group... -
Face Reading
صورت خوانی
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2012 • Iran
Curtain Reading (Pardeh khani) is a type of Iranian traditional religious stage play rooted in Iranian story-teller culture & painting. Its history goes back to Iran's pre-Islam era. This art form is now dying with very few Curtain Readers around... -
The Story of Gordafarid
نقل گردآفرید
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2008 • Iran
Naqali (Musical Narration) is an Iranian traditional solo theatre in which only men are allowed to perform. As a matter of fact, it's been forbidden for women to appear in a Naqali performance. The place for this theatre has usually been teahou... -
Plane Grove
چنارستان
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2014 • Iran
The 17km Vali Asr street with 60,000 plane trees connects the south of Tehran to the North. Afarideh's film portrays past hundred years of modern Tehran by looking at the longest street in the Middle East as a manifestation and remembrance of socia... -
The Greetings Line
صف سلام
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2020 • Iran
The story of the discovery and restoration of a large wall painting that dates back to the reign of Fath Ali Shah Qajar introduces us to a part of the culture, social and political history of the Qajar rule in Iran. -
The Nowrooz Maqam
مقام نوروز
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2011 • Iran
The Maqaami music, aka Maqaam, is a form of traditional music found in the Middle East & Central Asia.
In 2003, The United Nations declared the Maqaami Music a vocal masterpiece & a spiritual heritage of humanity.
In this documentary, we’ll get t... -
Water Lorry
کامیون آبی
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2021 • Iran
This documentary is narrated by the driver of a lorry that carries water to the villages, and it deals with the story of Baluchestan people and the Iranian crocodile, and the competition and dangers on the way to find water in Baluchestan. -
Iranian Pets Club
باشگاه حیوانات
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2018 • Iran
In the last decade, keeping special pets such as snakes, tarantulas, alligators, monkeys, and even scorpions has become very common in Iranian houses.
Unlike domestic pets such as dogs, these animals do not need to go outside the house and th... -
The Memory of Niavaran
خاطره نیآوران
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2009 • Iran
This documentary is going to review –after 30 years- the events leading to the overtaking of the Shah’s most important palace, Niavaran. -
The Afar
آفر
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2015 • Iran
"The Afar", while introducing the ancient and local dances of Torbat Jam and Torbatt Heydarieh, introduces the influential figure of Farooq Kiyani in preserving the local dances of the region, including the dance of Afar, which was a ritual of Nowruz in...
