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Homework
مشق شب
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami • 1989 • Iran
In Kiarostami's second documentary feature about education, the filmmaker himself asks the questions, interviewing a succession of invariably cute first- and second-graders about their home situations and the schoolwork they must do there. It emer... -
First Graders
اولیها
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami • 1984 • Iran
Inspired by his work at Kanoon and his own sons' schooling, the first of Kiarostami's two documentary features about education observes a schoolyard full of chanting, playful boys but mainly transpires in the office of a supervisor who has to dea... -
Fellow Citizen
همشهری
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami • 1983 • Iran
Kiarostami's fascination with both Tehrani car culture and the uses of power in post-revolutionary society come together in this documentary about a traffic officer assigned to enforce driving restrictions in central Tehran (a locale near the dire... -
Snailman
مرد حلزونی
Directed by Mazdak Mirabedini • 2021 • Iran
Mohammad Ali Vandi is 43 and a restless wanderer. He has spent his life away from home, delivering food in Oregon in the United States. This is his last day on the job before he returns to his native Iran. Mohammad remembers all the travellin... -
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
مهرجویی: کارنامه ۴۰ ساله
Directed by Mani Haghighi • 2016 • Iran
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report dives into the artistic world of Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. The film offers critical interpretations of his works from cinema experts, enriched with personal anecdotes from his peers. This film ... -
Football, Spiritual Style
شیوه شاغلام
Directed by Omid Abdollahi • 2009 • Iran
A documentary about the life and career of Gholam Peirovani, a football coach in Iran, and he manages his team in a spiritual style. -
Trees Die Standing
درختان ایستاده میمیرند
Directed by Hoda Siahtiri • 2016 • Iran/Belgium
After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, intellectuals and artists fled to Western countries, grappling with the challenges of exile. Delving into the memories and letters of Gholam Hosein Saedi, Trees Die Standing mirrors collecti... -
I Have To Fly
من باید پرواز کنم
Directed by Ghazaleh Razavi • 2020 • Iran
The story of an 80-year-old Armenian man who once was a sailor, now lives alone in Tehran and is planning to marry a young 28-year-old girl. -
Women of the Sun: A Chronology of Seeing
زنان آفتاب: یکگاه نگاری درباره دیدن
Directed by Hamed Zolfaghari • 2020 • Iran/France
A workshop in a small desert village in South Central Iran is set up to teach villagers how to use a camera to make short videos. The remote village faces many issues including drought, poverty, and a frustrate... -
The Symphony of Iran
سمفونی ایران
Directed by Vahid Mousaian • 2008 • Iran
Renowned Iranian composer Ferydoun Shahbazian embarks on a journey to uncover the origins of Mugham music. This documentary explores the cultural and historical significance of this ancient music form. -
The Silhouettes
خانه
Directed by Afsaneh Salari • 2020 • Iran/Philippines
At the height of the USSR’s invasion of Afghanistan in 1982, 1.5 million Afghans took a long journey to the border of Iran to flee war. TAGHI, born after that generation, is a testament to and unwilling to inherit the limitations of his pa... -
Like No One Else
شبيه هیچکس
Directed by Puya Dalili • 2006 • Iran
Mehdi Azar Yazdi known as the father of children's literature in Iran was born in 1923 in Yazd. His most famous work "Good Stories for Good Children" has been one of Iran's bestselling children's book. it won the Unesco Prize in 1966 and the Royal ...