Crazy Rook (2015)

씨민과 나데르 부부는 별거 중이다. 아내 씨민은 딸의 교육을 위해 이민을 떠나고 싶어 한다. 그러나 치매인 아버지를 두고 떠날 수 없었던 나데르는 친정으로 떠난 아내를 대신하여 아버지를 돌봐줄 가정부를 고용한다. 임신 중임에도 가난에 떠밀려 남편까지 속이고 가정부 일을 시작했던 소마예는 어느 날, 나데르의 아버지를 침대에 묶어두고 잠시 외출을 한다. 그 사이 아버지가 위독했음을 알게 된 나데르는 격분하여 소마예를 해고하고 그 과정에서 소마예는 유산을 하고 만다. 이윽고 소마예 부부는 나데르를 살인죄로 고소하고 법정에서 만난 두 가족의 변명과 거짓말이 이어진다.

죽음과 고독의 냄새가 풍겨나는 곳 ‘Bad City’. 한 뱀파이어 소녀가 밤마다 스케이트 보드를 타고 고요한 길거리를 누비지만 도시의 사람들은 알지 못한다. 어느 날, 소녀는 우연히 만난 소년에게서 슬픔을 느끼는데… 외로운 뱀파이어 소녀와 고독한 인간 소년의 핏빛로맨스가 시작된다.

북부 캘리포니아의 한 바닷가. 캐시는(제니퍼 코넬리) 아버지가 30여년동안 돈을 모아 마련한 집에서 이혼의 충격을 딛고 새로운 인생을 모색하며 힘겹게 살아간다. 그러던 어느 날. 일주일 뒤에 집을 찾아오겠다는 엄마의 전화에 아침 잠을 설치던 캐시의 집에 법원직원과 경찰이 들이닥친다. 세금 체납으로 집이 경매로 넘어갔다며 퇴거 명령을 내린다. 캐시는 집이 경매로 넘어가는 것을 막으려 변호사를 찾지만 이란 출신의 이민자 베라니 (벤 킹슬리)가 자신의 전 재산을 털어 그 집을 헐값에 사들인다. 베라니는 전망 좋은 이 집을 수리해 비싼값에 되팔아 재기를 노린다. 그러나 아무도 자신을 도울 수 없는 처지에 놓인 캐시는 레스터(론 엘다드)라는 경찰의 도움으로 집을 다시 찾으려 하지만 집을 둘러싼 싸움은 점차 심해지고, 베라니의 부인 (소레 아그다슬루)과 아들 에스마일(조나단 아두트)까지 혼란에 빠지며 걷잡을 수 없는 파국으로 빠져드는데…

이란의 이슬람혁명 당시 반혁명 죄로 30년간 투옥되었던 쿠르드족 시인 사데그 카망가르의 실화를 바탕으로 만든 영화이다. 쿠르드족으로 인기 시인인 사헬과 아내 미나는 이슬람혁명기에 체포되어 투옥된다. 5년 후 풀려난 뒤 미나는 남편이 죽은 것으로 알고, 교도소에서 낳은 아이들을 키우며 살다가 터키로 이주한다. 30년 뒤 풀려난 사헬은 터키로 그들을 만나러 가지만, 또 다른 비극을 맞는다. 그리고, 이 모든 비극의 원흉인 악바르를 죽이고, 자신의 죄값도 치르려 한다. 사헬 역의 베흐루즈 보수기와 미나 역의 모니카 벨루치의 열연은 이 작품의 비장미를 극대화한다. (제 17회 부산국제영화제)

A sensation when released in 1999 in Iran, Two Women charts the lives of two promising architecture students over the course of the first turbulent years of the Islamic Republic. Tahimine Milani creates this scathing portrait of those traditions - aided by official indifference - which conspire to trap women and stop them from realizing their full potential; the inclusion of frank depictions of domestic violence was hailed by many as a breakthrough in dealing with a long taboo subject.

Spanning 18 years in an Iranian women's prison, this follows two women: the new prison warden, a tough as nails devout Muslim who has served in the army on the Iraqi front, and a young midwife, Mitra, who is serving her sentence for killing her mother's abusive husband. In the early years, Mitra is repeatedly punished as the warden tries to break her. This includes punishment for delivering a baby in the prison cell while all of the prison staff has taken shelter during an Iraqi bombing. The warden's attitude starts to change after 8 years, when Mitra tries to protect a new inmate from rape at the hands of her older cellmates. When the baby comes back in 1991 as a 17 year old delinquent, Sepideh, the warden respects Mitra enough to protect the girl.

A young man steals a smuggler's goods and tries to sell them in a trip with his beloved to the border.

A 15-year-old Somalian boy meets a 40-year-old Iranian man in a refugee camp in Skåne, in the south of Sweden. With the threat of deportation hanging over them, they decide to take their faiths in their own hands and together they go on a journey in the Swedish summer.

Youssef, a blind university professor, is suddenly diagnosed with a fatal disease and must undergo treatment in France. Back home, will he find the life he had before?

A man, who has some kind of a disease and eats a lot, enters a poor and large family to marry their mother.

Bita (Hatami), a successful lawyer specializing in championing the cause of women’s rights in divorce cases, is blind to the trouble brewing in her own marriage. A snatch of gossip and a problem client with an unwanted pregnancy unexpectedly bring Bita’s problems home. (Gene Siskel Film Center)

Princess of Rome, Mellika, granddaughter of Great Caesar. The story talks about her move from Byzantium in the 9th century, to avoid her marriage with Krytos, and brings her to Baghdad to become the mother of Imam Mahdi, the Savior.

The advocate for a young Iranian refugee held in detention. Amir Ali claims to be an Iranian student persecuted by the government but the Department of Immigration dispute his identity. When Julia meets Amir, he is severely depressed and close to deportation. Julia throws herself obsessively into Amir's case, causing friction between Julia and her husband, Peter. Julia eventually frees Amir and the young Iranian man moves in with Peter and Julia. As Julia helps Amir adjust to ordinary life, she finds herself increasingly attracted to this handsome, damaged young man. But she also starts to see the subtle cracks in Amir's story. Is he really who he claims he is? Or does he have a darker, more dangerous history?

After having medical problems, and after a long time, Mina becomes pregnant, but she feels ignored by her husband, Hesam. Since he has become concerned and involved with the personal and family problems of his colleague Shirin, who has recently divorced from her husband...

Behzad, who has been in prison for manslaughter for a long time, has a son who does not know about him. When he is introduced, the son goes through a conflict. Then, as a family, they go to the victim's family seeking consent so Reza would be released.

Mohammad is sent to an apartment situated in uptown Tehran to install their satellite dishes, while having satellite TV is illegal in Iran. He arrives there with a girl named Shirin who seems to be his girlfriend and is in need of some money to repair her father's car with which she has had an accident the day before. Each of the house's residents have their own fish to fry and they also want their satellites installed as soon as possible.

A textile factory worker struggles to keep his life together after his life is shrouded in controversy by his wife’s death. He is revered by his co-workers and at constant threat from his wife’s brother, seeking retribution for her death.

This twisted Iranian narrative follows a mysterious couple from Tehran as they distribute large bags of money in an impoverished mountain border town. Beginning as a black comedy, the film's mood transforms as the games played by Kaveh (director Mani Haghighi) and Leyla (Taraneh Alidoosti) become increasingly perverse, as they find inventive ways of humiliating the recipients of the cash. The immorality of the central characters is at times sickening, and their chain of lies is often as puzzling to us as they are to the townsfolk depicted onscreen. What is the relationship between the pair and why are they giving away money to the needy? Modest Reception has no easy answers nor pat resolutions - instead Haghighi takes the viewer on an intriguing ride into the dark recesses of the human spirit.

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)