Peyman Yazdanian

Mahboube, a woman in her early thirties, enjoys a solitary existence. But her world is turned upside down when she lets a film crew into her home for a week-long shoot. First, she sees the objects that comprise her physical life used without thought or care. Then, the filming process affects her on a deeper level, forcing her to come to terms with the ghosts of her past and her place as a woman in Iranian society.

Humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. They have to combine their strength and build a home to survive. In the face of much adversity, an unexpected bond begins to blossom, as both Ma and Cao, uniting with Earth's cycles, create a haven for themselves in which they can thrive.

Uma família caótica e afetuosa viaja por uma paisagem acidentada, mas para onde? No banco de trás, o pai parece estar com uma perna quebrada, mas ela está realmente quebrada? A mãe tenta rir ao mesmo tempo em que não consegue conter as lágrimas. O filho mais novo fica agitado no karaokê coreografado que fazem no carro. Todos eles estão preocupados com o cachorro doente e irritando uns aos outros. Apenas o misterioso irmão mais velho permanece quieto.

"Mother married a photo of Father," says director Firouzeh Khosrovani in the opening of this deeply personal documentary. She's not speaking metaphorically though. Her mother Tayi literally married a portrait of Hossein in Teheran -he was in Switzerland studying radiology and was unable to travel back to his homeland for the wedding. The event illustrates the abyss that still exists in their marriage: Hossein is a secular progressive and Tayi a devout, traditional Muslim.

Nasim is a free climber, the only woman able to open new routes in Iran. She’s facing a double mountain to climb, both physical and cultural, as her passion collides with the strict policies concerning women freedom in her country. And she has a dream: open a new route in the Alps.

Uma criança está desaparecida... nos caminhos sombrios da vida dos adultos. Negar e Amirali vão imigrar, mas, no último momento, enfrentam uma situação crítica: o filho deles, Bardiya, desaparece, e os dois se veem prestes a desvendar todos os segredos da família.

No Tibete rural, Darie e Drolkar vivem uma vida simples e serena com os seus três filhos e o avô, quando uma situação embaraçosa provoca uma série de dilemas, e quebra a harmonia da família.

Touran Mirhadi (Khomarloo) is the founder of Farhad School, the Children's Book Council, and the Encyclopedia for Young People. She was also actively involved with close to 20 other institutions dealing with child development and education and supported the formation of dozens of others. She is known as the preeminent architect of childhood institution and the mother of modern education in Iran. This film follows the efforts and preoccupations of Ms. Touran Mirhadi in the last four years of her life. It shows how she strove to enrich the field of child education in Iran to the age of 89, always maintaining that peace was to be cultivated at childhood.

Reza (Reza Akhlaghirad) é um jovem que decidiu levar uma vida simples com a esposa e o único filho longe da agitação da cidade grande. Ele sobrevive com os recursos que obtem de sua própria fazenda, mas quando empresas privadas, autoridades locais e o governo estreitam suas relações comerciais, a busca por riquezas mudará o estilo de vida dos fazedeiros locais. Resta saber se Reza será um deles.

Kaveh Nariman se envolve em um acidente de trânsito e insiste que um garoto de oito anos, levemente ferido, seja levado ao hospital. Dois dias depois, no Instituto Médico-Legal em que trabalha, o Doutor Nariman se surpreende ao ver um corpo familiar.

A second generation migrant with a dehumanizing factory job returns to the land her family members left behind when they went to the city for a better life.

River Road is the story of two Yugur ethnic minority brothers, Bartel and Adikeer. They set out on a journey across the prairies of northwestern China in search of their parents, skillfully maneuvering their camels over the vast expanse of dry ground.

After an unexpected incident happens for a middle-aged man's wife's corpse, he gets very depressed, anxious and violent.

A thief comes out of prison and begins searching for his sister. Along the way, he meets another thief, a girl, they work together to gather money, but things don't go well.

O filme gira em torno da investigação da misteriosa morte de uma mulher que estava envolvida com um homem de negócios casado.

During Iran-Iraq war Noor Aldin who is a carpenter is missing. He is captured by Iraqi army. After 8 years he returns home, but finds out that in his absence his wife is married to another man.

Hua, a young woman from Beijing, is a recent arrival in Paris. Exiled in an unknown city, she wanders between her tiny apartment and the university, drifting between former lovers and recent French acquaintances. She meets Matthieu, a young worker who falls madly in love with her. Possessed by an insatiable desire for her body, he treats Hua like a dog. An intense affair begins, marked by Matthieu’s passionate embraces and harsh verbal abuse. When Hua determines to leave her lover, she discovers the strength of her addiction, and the vital role he has come to play in her life as a woman.

In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.

Luo Haitao é contratado pela mulher de Wang Ping para espionar as aventuras de seu marido com outro homem, mas sem se dar conta, acaba perdendo o controle da situação.

The film describes the microcosmos of the small village Wacken and shows the clash of the cultures, before and during the biggest heavy metal festival in Europe.

"In her second narrative feature, Karimi presents a gorgeous minimalist portrait of a woman crushed by indecision. At first it seems that graphic designer Shahrzad (played by Karimi) goes about her daily life with placid ease, but her surface stillness masks a maelstrom of weighty decisions she desperately wishes to avoid making." - Persian Film Festival Australia

Akbar Manafi is an injure of war and is hospitalized for that before. he is now working in a bus station. One day he sees in the TV his fellow soldier in the war Yahya. Yahya has been ...

Country girl Yu Hong leaves her village, her family and her lover to study in Beijing. At university, she discovers an intense world of sexual freedom and forbidden pleasure. Enraptured, compulsive, she falls madly in love with fellow student Zhou Wei. Driven by obsessive passions they can neither understand nor control, their relationship becomes one of dangerous games - betrayals, recriminations, provocations - as all around them, their fellow students begin to demonstrate, demanding democracy and freedom.

Every night while the city sleeps, Ahmad, a former Pakistani rock star turned immigrant, drags his heavy cart along the streets of New York. And every morning, he sells coffee and donuts to a city he cannot call his own. One day, however, the pattern of this harsh existence is broken by a glimmer of hope for a better life.

A última quarta-feira antes do solstício de primavera abre o Ano Novo Persa, as pessoas soltam fogos de artifício seguindo uma tradição zoroastriana antiga. Rouhi, passando seu primeiro dia no novo emprego, se vê no meio de um tipo diferente de fogos de artifício - uma disputa doméstica entre seu novo chefe e a esposa. No dia anterior a sua viagem de férias para Dubai, uma mulher que acredita que seu marido é infiel, pede a ajuda de Roohi, uma jovem enviada por uma agência para limpar a casa. Ela pede a Roohi para marcar uma consulta e recolher informação no salão da mulher de quem ela suspeita. Roohi é noiva, inocente em termos de discórdia conjugal. Ao longo do dia, ela, o casal, seu filho pequeno, a irmã da esposa e seu marido, e a esteticista se envolvem em uma série de trocas, confrontos, e prevaricações. São as suspeitas da esposa injustificadas; está o comportamento dela ameaçando seu casamento? Atos de bondade podem dar errado. E a viagem para Dubai?

A young widow takes over her late husband’s truck stop café, keeping hidden in the kitchen so as not to cause a scandal in Iran’s conservative society. But her brother-in-law, out of familial obligation, wants to take her as a wife and also take over the café. Meanwhile a Greek trucker who is a frequent café customer is slowly entranced — at first by her sublime cooking ability, and then by her.

The story of four soldiers who on a Friday go to the city with their commander. But this Friday is different and brings many troubles for them which changes them forever.

When Mamhoud is invited to a conference to speak about his new war novel, 'Parental farm,' his aim to discuss war literature in general turns into a much more personal journey. Having lost ...

A young university professor, who leads a quiet and reclusive life and fills his life with reading and teaching literature, meet a young girl who has altered the course of her life for the sake of a man she loves. She has promised to meet her beloved at a certain spot on four consecutive nights exactly one year after their last meeting. The young professor's encounter with the young and passionate girl during four nights brings about significant changes in both of their lives and beliefs. Now concepts like love, literature and expection have a new meaning for them.

Hussein é um entregador de pizza pobre que diariamente entra em contato com os contrastes entre o mundo dos pobres e dos ricos, ao fazer seu trabalho em bairros nobres, onde vê diversas mansões e muita riqueza. Após ser impedido de entrar em uma joalheria por sua aparência, ele e o amigo Ali assaltam o lugar, como forma de vingança.

In a sanitarium for injures of war some ghosts are waiting and wandering about but for different reasons.

On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town. The husband, a photographer, seeks help at a nearby village and encounters a teacher who offers to help. Whilst the husband and teacher go off to find a spare part, the wife, who used to be a teacher, takes over the teaching lessons in the village. It is clear that the children live there, in this strange deserted place, without any men, save the teacher and an old signal guard. As the day draws on, the children help to bring a new hope and life into the wife's heart.

Ali Mashreghi is a writer whose wife has been murdered after the night of his bitter fight with his wife. He is arrested and there is only one woman who can help him in the court of law.

Kaveh, a young man from America, walks the roads of southern Iran searching for Dehdari, his recently deceased and estranged father's childhood home. He happens upon Abdul Reza, a thirty-year-old truck driver plagued by financial hardships and family responsibilities, who is fixing his truck by the side of the road. Kaveh hires Abdul as his guide, and together these two strangers embark on a three-day journey that leads them from a tiny village to an ancient graveyard and in search of a murderer. A journey of conflicts and juxtapositions that forces Kaveh deeper into the past, towards peace and forgiveness.

Um iraniano e seus dois assistentes chegam a uma humilde vila na região do Curdistão. Nomeado pelos locais como "Engenheiro", o homem é guiado por um garoto que o leva à uma anciã que parece estar prestes a morrer. O recém-chegado então passa a acompanhar os rituais e costumes daquela comunidade, enquanto cumpre seu propósito. Dirigido por Abbas Kiarostami e vencedor de três prêmios no Festival de Veneza.

Trapped at home 24/7 during the pandemic lockdowns, many marriages crumbled, as couples realized they married the wrong person. Married to others, Janna and Damien reconnect during the pandemic and begin a passionate love affair. Through this affair, they disrupt their lives, upset moral and social norms, and change their perceptions about their future.