Here Without Me (2011)

Захватывающая история Американской мечты, обреченной на крах, рассказывает о двух людях, готовых на все, лишь бы доказать свое право на владение домом. Речь идет всего-навсего о небольшом бунгало в Северной Калифорнии, но для Кэти Николо — это последняя надежда на возвращение к жизни после избавления от наркотической зависимости. В результате бюрократической ошибки ее выселяют, и Кэти оказывается на улице. Ей остается лишь беспомощно наблюдать, как дом продают на аукционе за мизерную цену.

Супруги Надер и Симин решили уехать из Ирана в поисках лучшей жизни. Но в один момент Надер все-таки решает остаться рядом со своим отцом, страдающим болезнью Альцгеймера. Симин подает на развод в надежде уехать с их 11-летней дочерью, но судебное решение оказывается не в ее пользу. Дочь, тем временем, надеется, что мама одумается и вернется.

События разворачиваются в вымышленном иранском городе, полном проституции и преступлений, смерти и одиночества. Здесь живут вампиры, проститутки, наркоманы, сутенеры, ростовщики и, конечно же, собственный иранский Джеймс Дин.

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?

Навеянная самой жизнью великолепная работа мастера повествует о трагической истории поэта Сахели и его возлюбленной Мины. Главного героя осудили на тридцать лет, а его семье сказали, что он умер. Выйдя на свободу, ему нужно заново начинать жить, но как?

A young homeless girl supports herself as a surrogate mother for money. A human rights attorney tries to help her change her life, but ithe challenges seem insurmountable. This is a rarely seen side of Iranian society.

Сара пристрастилась к наркотикам. Ее жених Араш учится в Канаде и не знает о ее зависимости. За месяц до его возвращения в Иран Сара решает избавиться от своей зависимости, но это будет не так легко, как она думает.

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)

In the tenth year of marriage, Babak and Manizheh face the biggest challenge of their life. Financial problems and difficult social situation cause Babak to work very hard and this leads to a deep gap between him and his wife, in a way that Manizheh starts a new relation, the relation which leads her to addiction and immorality. On the verge of her complete collapse, she wakes up to the truth that she has lost her life.

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

The story is about the world of a small family with familiar dreams and not so remarkable problems. The mother is trying to lead everything to save her family, but small events disarrange all her plans.

an Iranian TV and documentary director who becomes involved in the plight of Malineh, a young woman who appeared in her latest film. Malineh is desperate to sell one of her kidneys in order to raise money for the defense of her mother, who faces hanging on a charge of murdering her husband.

Hamid and Mahin are husband and wife and are traveling to the north by their car. But in the way they have an accident with a rural woman. Unlike his wife's disagreement Hamid decides to escape the scene and lives the woman to die but it is only the beginning of his troubles.

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...

Nahal is around thirty and in her fourth month of pregnancy. During a routine check-up she learns that her baby has died and she now faces a curettage abortion in two days’ time. When she tries to address the subject, neither her mother nor her husband give her a chance to speak.

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

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.

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.