Sanam (2001)

Tunnel 18 (Persian: تونل 18‎‎) is a 1997 Iranian Historical drama film written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)

Hundred to one hundred (Persian: صدبرابرصد‎‎) is a 1995 Iranian film written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)

Bright Shadow (Persian: سايه روشن‎‎) is a 1997 Iranian drama film written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)

Elevator (Persian: آسانسور‎‎) is a 1995 social drama Iranian film, written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)

Nader (Peyman Moaadi) y Simin (Leila Hatami) son un matrimonio iraní con una hija. Simin quiere abandonar Irán en busca de una vida mejor, pero Nader, que desea quedarse para cuidar a su padre, que tiene Alzheimer, le pide el divorcio. Como no lo consigue, se muda a vivir con sus padres y contrata a una mujer para que le ayude a cuidar a su padre. Un día, al llegar a casa, encuentra al anciano atado a la cama; a partir de ese momento, su vida dará un vuelco.

Echo (Persian: پژواك‎‎) is a 1997 Iranian Drama film Written and directed by Hossein Shahabi.

Arghavan is a woman close to middle age. When she and her husband take the pet dog to the vet, if someone has forced the animal to eat a lot of sweets, which is likely to make him blind.

Londres, Inglaterra, abril de 1980. Varios terroristas asaltan la embajada de Irán y toman rehenes. Durante seis días, se mantienen tensas negociaciones mientras las autoridades deciden si debe intervenir un pelotón militar.

THE BRIGHT DAY weaves a story that has its roots in the complexity of Iran’s draconian laws governing capital punishment. A kindergarten teacher hopes to aid the father of one of her young students, a man accused of manslaughter, by convincing each of seven reluctant witnesses to come forward. No one lacks a hidden agenda in this drama in which shades of truth collide with self-interest and the specter of payback. (Gene Siskel Film Center)

En la ciudad iraní de Bad City puede pasar cualquier cosa. En medio de un abanico de personajes marginales, un vampiro vaga en busca de sangre. Al western vampírico se le suma un romance teñido de sangre. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night combina géneros y estilos: invoca el western, la fascinación propia de Lynch, el terror y las novelas gráficas. (FILMAFFINITY)

Rain Tree (Persian: درخت بارانی‎‎) is a 2001 Iranian drama film Written and directed by Hossein Shahabi.

Wars and Treasure (Persian: جنگ و گنج‎‎) is a 2000 Iranian drama film Written and directed by Hossein Shahabi.

Tras una guerra nuclear una joven sobrevive en solitario, temiendo ser la famosa 'última mujer sobre la faz de La Tierra' hasta que descubre lo más impactante que ha visto en su vida: otro ser humano. Un científico chiflado, prácticamente al borde de la locura por la exposición a la radiación y su búsqueda desesperada de otros humanos. Una frágil relación de confianza se forja entre ambos, pero cuando un extraño llega al valle, su precario vínculo empieza a tambalearse.

Dos personas entran en conflicto a causa de la propiedad de una casa en el norte de California. Para Kathy Nicolo, es no sólo la casa de su infancia, sino también la última esperanza que le queda para reintegrarse a una vida que casi pierde por su adicción a las drogas. Cuando recibe una orden de desahucio por impago de impuestos, se queda en la calle y no puede impedir que la casa sea vendida a un precio irrisorio. Para el nuevo propietario, Massoud Amir Behrani, la casa es la plasmación del sueño americano que lleva persiguiendo desde que salió de Irán con toda su familia. Antiguo coronel de las Fuerzas Aéreas iraníes, Behrani se ha visto obligado a trabajar en empleos muy modestos para poder mantener las apariencias. Ahora ha invertido hasta el último céntimo en la compra de la casa que, por fin, devolverá a su familia su antigua prosperidad.

Historia de un alumno que busca la casa de un compañero para devolverle su cuaderno. En la escuela del pueblo de Koker, al norte de Irán, Mohamed no ha hecho los ejercicios en el cuaderno y el profesor le amenaza con la expulsión si vuelve a repetir la misma falta. Esa misma tarde, su compañero, Ahmed, toma por equivocación el cuaderno de Mohamed y cuando decide ir a buscar la casa de su amigo para devolvérselo, se pierde en la noche. Un canto a la solidaridad protagonizada por un niño, capaz de atravesar a pie kilómetros de campos en mitad de la noche por evitar el mal de su compañero.

Un periodista es detenido en Irán durante más de cien días y sufre un brutal interrogatorio en prisión durante 118 días. Maziar Bahari permaneció con los ojos vendados reconociendo únicamente el olor de agua de rosas de su captor.

Forough is a middle aged woman whose husband has temporarily married with another woman. Even though that was kept secret from her, but his action is considered legal in Iran. Now the husband is in prison, due to not being able to pay second wife’s “Mehrieh” (the bride’s marriage portion).The second wife intends to receive her Mehrieh by asking the court’s permission to sell his house. Forough, the first wife, in order to not lose her home, intends to sell all she has to pay for her husband’s debt and release him from the jail.

En 1986, el imán Jomeini está a punto de asumir el poder en Irán. Mientras tanto, el periodista francés Freidoune Sahebjam (Jim Caviezel), gracias a una avería de su automóvil, llega a una aldea, donde la joven Zahra (Shohreh Aghdashloo) le revela algo que sus vecinos tratan de ocultar al mundo: la verdadera historia de una mujer llamada Soraya M (Mozhan Marnò), una dulce y alegre joven, que es víctima de una terrible conspiración capitaneada por su marido, que la acusa de adulterio. Según el severo código de leyes islámico (la Sharia), el adulterio es un crimen que debe ser castigado con la lapidación. Moviéndose a través de un campo minado de intrigas, mentiras y engaños, Soraya, con la ayuda de Zahra, tratará en vano de demostrar su inocencia. Entonces Zahra, corriendo un gran riesgo, utilizará la única arma que le queda: su voz valiente y apasionada para revelar al mundo la historia de Soraya

Parvis, hijo de iraníes exiliados, se las arregla con la vida en su pequeña ciudad natal dejándose llevar por la cultura pop, las citas en Grindr y las raves. Después de ser sorprendido robando en una tienda, es condenado a realizar servicios comunitarios en un centro para refugiados donde conoce a los hermanos Banafshe y Amon, que han huido de Irán. A medida que crece la atracción romántica entre Parvis y Amon, la frágil relación entre los tres se pone a prueba.

An exploration the Arab-Israeli conflict as seen through the memories of a Syrian family as they return to the newly retaken city of Quneitra.

This documentary examines the life and legacy of controversial Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci through interviews with his colleagues, each of whom answers the question, "What is your fondest memory of Lucio Fulci?". The responses are as varied as the people who knew the late writer-director, providing a nuanced look at the man behind such gory grindhouse classics as City of the Living Dead and The House by the Cemetery.

In his debut feature film, director Muhammad explores the inexorable dissolution of a family, ironically during the planning of a wedding, the kind of ritual that ought to bond family members together in shared joy. The film exposes the divisive dynamics of patriarchal oppression, and the terrible connections between familial and sociopolitical violence.

When everything was ready for my death, I began to write of what I know precisely, which you’ve never understood, knowing you would never understand … I have made a film out of your absence.

William S. Hart stars in this 1925 silent film as a cowboy intent on claiming land during the 1889 land rush in the Oklahoma Territory. Though hardened from years of taming the new frontier, he falls in love with a beautiful woman. Before he settles down, however, he must contend with men who wish to bring him harm. In the prologue of the 1939 Astor Pictures revival of this film, Hart gives a moving eight-minute introduction-- the first and only time he appeared in a film accompanied by his striking voice.

KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS follows uber myco visionaries Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans (two of the more expert and unforgettably mercurial characters in the community) as they lead us on a hunt for the wild mushroom and the deeper cultural experiences attached to the mysterious fungi.

Naomi Kawase collaborates with Shinya Arimoto, a Taiyo award-winning photographer she knows from university, to create a photo album of Machiko Ono (who Kawase scouted for her previous feature film Moe no Suzaku) and Mika Mifune (daughter of famous actor Toshiro Mifune) with the idea to contrast these two aspiring actresses, Ono coming from the rural Nara and Mifune from Tokyo. Kawase documents the photo shooting and interviews Arimoto, Ono and Mifune as the work progresses, while the tension between her and Arimoto increases over disagreement on the direction of the project.

The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, King Boy D and Rockman Rock, try to find and gain access to the mystical White Room. They leave a party at their house and drive in their 1968 US Cop Car through night-time London and the dusty plains of the Sierra Nevada region of Spain. There they face judgement: will they be allowed to enter the White Room? Meanwhile their lawyer David Franks tries to find a loophole to free them from their contract with Eternity.

Emma sufre un terrible accidente de tráfico, que afecta gravemente a su cerebro, por lo que debe recibir atención psiquiátrica. Cuando regresa a casa, su carácter se ha vuelto tan agresivo, provoca tantas discusiones que sus padres deciden lrse de vacaciones. La idea de que la dejen desencadena en ella una furia tan salvaje que acaba asesinando a los que la rodean.

The masterful new documentary from Wang Bing is an intimate, observational portrait of a peasant family who eke out a humble existence in a small village set against the stunning mountain landscapes of China's Yunnan province.

A widowed English heroine (Malù) recalls her life, from marriage to an affair with the gamekeeper.

Akiko is the heiress of a lumber business family that spans many generations. She married Hiroshi, a company man, and was leading a plain and happy life. But dark clouds overcast Akiko’s happy life when Hiroshi starts an affair with Michiyo, an underclassman from the school Akiko attended. Then Shinji, who used to work in the family lumber business, enters her life the turmoil of men-women relationships becomes tempestuous.

Filmmaker Michael Ventura follows Cassavetes around as the actor/director labors on his final film, Love Streams.

Short experimental film by Stephen Dwoskin.

Based on a story by Vietnam veteran Paul Staples, the film concerns six American Green Berets, held for 17 years in a Vietnamese POW camp. They are finally released in secret, during a delicate trade-talk session between Vietnam and the United States. Captain Tom Watkins, the ex-prisoners' CO, begins to suspect that government-man Adam Roth, who is in charge of the debriefing, may be pursuing a hidden agenda that will result in the early deaths of Watkins and the five men under his command.

Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.

Junko miyashita (A Woman Called Sada ABE, Himatsuri), un ícono de las películas eróticas japonesas de los años 70, interpreta a una misteriosa autoestopista recogida por un bruto de un trabajador de la construcción llamado Kenzo (Renji Ishibashi, Audition) que la lleva de regreso a su ruina. y apartamento estrecho en una parte no tan buena de la ciudad. Afirmando que está huyendo de un marido abusivo, vive con él. En un intento inútil de escapar del sombrío entorno de la clase trabajadora, la pareja entabla una relación erótica obsesiva.

Two screwballs get mixed up with monsters, mad scientists and vampires.

Tarachime is a documentary film which observes 'life' through childbirth. Kawase Naomi, a film director working under the theme of family, life and death, presents the bond of life through her own childbirth experience. "First, I was planning to film from the day I conceived a child and to the moment I gave birth. But I realized, while filming, that this is not the story of "one life." In the end, the film sublimed to a higher stage on which we can witness the knot tying one life with another."

This is the story of a young man at the dawn of the 21st century. He belongs to the most vulnerable, most futile and most appealing segment of society. Raoul flits from woman to woman, searching for seemingly unattainable love, until he meets Jeanne, who is fated to live freely and tragically.