Zar Amir Ebrahimi

A short political drama about a committee that is formed to choose a new national anthem after a fictional country goes through a revolution.

Set in post-revolution Iran as extremism took hold, Nafisi’s book tells the autobiographical story of a fearless teacher who secretly gathered seven of her female students to read forbidden Western classics.

The film follows Iranian female judoka Leila and her coach Maryam, who travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the competition, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: feign injury and comply with the Iranian regime as Maryam implores her to do, or defy them both and fight on, for the gold.

The film follows Iranian female judoka Leila and her coach Maryam, who travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the competition, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: feign injury and comply with the Iranian regime as Maryam implores her to do, or defy them both and fight on, for the gold.

The film follows Iranian female judoka Leila and her coach Maryam, who travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the competition, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: feign injury and comply with the Iranian regime as Maryam implores her to do, or defy them both and fight on, for the gold.

After seven years in prison, a female student in Tehran is hanged for murder. She had acted in self-defence against a rapist. For a pardon, she would have had to retract her testimony. This moving film reopens the case.

Mojtaba, Hamzeh, Zar are among other individuals who have been thrown into prison and ideologically interrogated in Iran. In this documentary, the director wants them to interrogate him as agents of the Islamic Republic might. He would like the real torturer in Iran to see himself through the film as if in a mirror. The violent experience of putting themselves in the torturer's head confronts them with their own limits and the ambivalence of the project itself.

In the aftermath of a devastating rumor, Iman and his family have been forced to flee Iran. As refugees, they end up in a run-down hotel in northern Sweden. Despite feeling powerless, Iman tries to maintain his role as the family patriarch. To increase their chances of asylum, he breaks a promise to his wife and joins the local wrestling club. As the rumours start to resurface, Iman’s fear and desperation begin to take a hold.

A young Iranian mother finds refuge in an Australian women's shelter with her six-year-old daughter.

사무엘은 편부로 일곱 살 난 딸을 홀로 키운다. 극심한 스트레스에 지치고 무너진 그는 아내와 함께 개조했던 이탈리아 알프스의 샬레(오두막)에 들어가 살기로 한다. 사무엘은 경찰의 이민자 추적을 돕는 이곳 주민들의 분노에 무감하고, 우연히 아프가니스탄에서 도망쳐 온 여성을 맞닥뜨린다. 사무엘은 기껏해야 몇 시간 걸릴 것이라 생각하며 그녀가 국경까지 가는 걸 돕기로 한다. 그러나 위협적인 기세로 이들을 쫓는 한 무리의 사람들이 있다.

‘순교자의 땅’이라는 뜻을 가진 이란 최대의 종교도시, 마슈하드 그곳에서 1년 사이 16명의 여성을 살해한 연쇄 살인마 ‘거미’는 자신의 범행과 시체 유기 장소를 직접 언론에 제보하는 대담한 행동을 이어간다. 살인마의 행동에 정당성을 부여하는 여론이 일고 정부와 경찰마저 적극적으로 수사하지 않는 가운데 여성 저널리스트 ‘라히미’만이 홀로 살인마의 실체를 밝히기 위해 그의 뒤를 쫓는데…

‘순교자의 땅’이라는 뜻을 가진 이란 최대의 종교도시, 마슈하드 그곳에서 1년 사이 16명의 여성을 살해한 연쇄 살인마 ‘거미’는 자신의 범행과 시체 유기 장소를 직접 언론에 제보하는 대담한 행동을 이어간다. 살인마의 행동에 정당성을 부여하는 여론이 일고 정부와 경찰마저 적극적으로 수사하지 않는 가운데 여성 저널리스트 ‘라히미’만이 홀로 살인마의 실체를 밝히기 위해 그의 뒤를 쫓는데…

‘순교자의 땅’이라는 뜻을 가진 이란 최대의 종교도시, 마슈하드 그곳에서 1년 사이 16명의 여성을 살해한 연쇄 살인마 ‘거미’는 자신의 범행과 시체 유기 장소를 직접 언론에 제보하는 대담한 행동을 이어간다. 살인마의 행동에 정당성을 부여하는 여론이 일고 정부와 경찰마저 적극적으로 수사하지 않는 가운데 여성 저널리스트 ‘라히미’만이 홀로 살인마의 실체를 밝히기 위해 그의 뒤를 쫓는데…

A fantasy, road- movie regarding Man and Maryam that embark on an adventure road trip to find their missing along with three others remnant from the circus group.

Iran 1979. The Islamic Revolution is shaking up the country. Dissident Omid, who lived for several years in the German Democratic Republic with his wife, chemical engineer Beate and their mutual daughter, hears the call from his homeland and returns to Teheran with high hopes and best intentions, bringing along his family.

One night. On the deserted ski slopes, the nocturnal outing of the snow-grooming machines is being prepared. Twenty-five-year-old Antoine meets up with his team. Right in the middle of the world the hypnotic ballet of the machines, which tirelessly shape the landscape, begins. The mountain rumbles suddenly. Immobilized in the night, Antoine begins a journey in the interval where the myths of a mountain, both feared and venerated, are embodied.

Iranian film director Amir Naderi talks to Zar Amir Ebrahimi about his career in this documentary directed and produced by Ebrahimi and broadcast by BBC World Service and BBC Persian. Amir Naderi is one of the most influential figures of Iranian modern cinema. He was born in 1945 in the Persian Gulf port of Abadan. Orphaned at an early age and living the life of a street urchin, Naderi had to survive by selling ice, working as a shoeshine boy and recycling empty beer bottles. He developed his knowledge of cinema by watching films in the theaters where he worked at a very young age. He began his career by taking pictures for some notable Iranian features. In the 1970’s, he started directing his own films, and made some of the most important movies of the New Iranian Cinema. After moving to New York in the early 90’s, Amir Naderi continued to make films. They have premiered at the Venice, Cannes, Tribeca, and Sundance Film Festivals.

Iranian film director Amir Naderi talks to Zar Amir Ebrahimi about his career in this documentary directed and produced by Ebrahimi and broadcast by BBC World Service and BBC Persian. Amir Naderi is one of the most influential figures of Iranian modern cinema. He was born in 1945 in the Persian Gulf port of Abadan. Orphaned at an early age and living the life of a street urchin, Naderi had to survive by selling ice, working as a shoeshine boy and recycling empty beer bottles. He developed his knowledge of cinema by watching films in the theaters where he worked at a very young age. He began his career by taking pictures for some notable Iranian features. In the 1970’s, he started directing his own films, and made some of the most important movies of the New Iranian Cinema. After moving to New York in the early 90’s, Amir Naderi continued to make films. They have premiered at the Venice, Cannes, Tribeca, and Sundance Film Festivals.

이란 출신으로 독일에서 활동하는 알리 수잔데가 각본을 쓰고 연출한 애니메이션으로, 테헤란의 밤을 배경으로 상처 입은 어른의 이야기가 펼쳐진다. 영화는 엄격한 종교적 도덕률과 사회적 규범의 베일을 걷으면 드러나는 어둠의 세계를 그린다. 캐릭터들은 실사로 촬영된 연기자의 움직임을 한장 한장 선을 주워 그리는 기법으로 표현되어, 이란영화에서 좀처럼 볼 수 없는 충격적인 장면을 담는다. 마약중독자 남편과 이혼을 준비하고 청각 장애아 아들을 데리고 다니며 일하는 성매매 여성, 남편의 허락없이 취업하려는 임산부, 지하클럽에서 일하는 음악가와 원나잇을 하는 결혼식을 앞둔 젊은 여성 등은 각자의 사연으로 서로 만나고 얽힌다. 사회적으로 엄격한 이란에서 여성은 어떤 모습으로든 희생자가 됨을 고발한다. 금기에 맞서 도전하는 개인의 슬픈 서사가 화려한 색감과 모던한 사운드로 이뤄진 스타일 위로 반짝거린다. (2017년 22회 부산국제영화제/정민아)

Omid and Vida grew up as friends in Iran. Now Omid lives in Sweden since many years while Vida still is in Iran. They decide to get married and live together in Sweden, but they're not well prepared for the culture clash.

Vida is a young Iranian lifeguard swimmer. Popular in her team, she is determined to fight in order to be the one to participate in an international competition in Australia. However, when Sareh, as fast and talented as her joins the team, she will have to face an unexpected situation.