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.

A chaotic family is on a road trip across a rugged landscape. In the back seat, Dad has a broken leg, Mom tries to laugh when she's not holding back tears, and the youngest keeps exploding into car karaoke. Only the older brother is quiet.

"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.

Negar and Amirali are going to immigrate, but at the very last moment, they face a critical situation: their son, Bardiya, goes missing. Now it is time to unfold all the family secrets…

«Воздушный шарик» рассказывает о влиянии китайской политики контроля рождаемости на тибетское общество. Даргье и Долкар растят трёх сыновей, ведя на пустынной равнине традиционную размеренную жизнь тибетских скотоводов. Но достижения современного мира вторгаются в их жизнь, принося смех и стыд, страх и отчаяние. Семье всё сложнее сохранять баланс между буддийской верой и сегодняшними реалиями. Каждому придётся сделать выбор — может ли медицина прерывать цикл перерождений бессмертной души?

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.

35-летний Реза, давно приехавший в провинцию из Тегерана, занимается разведением золотых рыбок. Его размеренной семейной жизни мешает некая компания, представленная в регионе местным мэром-взяточником. Организации необходима земля, где стоит дом главного героя. Реза упорно сопротивляется и не соглашается на хитроумные схемы, благодаря которым мог бы расплатиться с долгами, но потерял жилище. От противостояния страдают жена и сын, кроме того, конфликт обостряется.

Известный своей принципиальностью и страдающий от неё патологоанатом оказывается между молотом и наковальней, когда однажды к нему на обследование попадает тело мальчика, обстоятельства смерти которого известны только ему одному.

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.

Молодая женщина видит, как её муж выходит из отеля с другой девушкой. Семейное счастье разрушено. Ситуация становится ещё более запутанной, когда ту самую девушку находят мёртвой. Полиция начинает расследовать дело…

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.

Жена Ван Пина нанимает главного героя Лоу Хайтао, чтобы следить за своим супругом, которого в данный момент бурный роман… с мужчиной. Лоу Хайтао принимается за работу, но в какой-то момент понимает, что ситуация выходит из-под контроля: сцены, которые он наблюдает, начинают влиять на его собственную жизнь и отношения с его подружкой Ли Чжин. Теплый весенний воздух кружит голову, страсти накаляются, и герои больше не могут сопротивляться своим чувствам, которые грозят выжечь дотла их сердца и души.

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 ...

Юй Хун покидает свою деревню, своих родителей и своего возлюбленного и едет учиться в Пекин. В университете она открывает для себя новый мир, полный сексуальной свободы и запретных удовольствий. Поглощенная этой свободой, она безумно влюбляется в своего сокурсника Чжоу Вэя. Страсть, которую они не могут ни понять, ни удержать, наполняет их отношения предательством, взаимными обвинениями и бесконечными провокациями. А в это время пекинские студенты начинают устраивать демонстрации, требуя демократии и свободы. Среди хаоса и паники Юй и Чжоу теряют друг друга… Чжоу посылают в военный лагерь, выйдя из которого, он улетает в Берлин, оставляя свою страну и воспоминания о Юй. А она находит работу и любовника, но никак не может забыть Чжоу.

Каждую ночь, пока город спит, пакистанский иммигрант Ахмад везет свою тяжелую тележку по улицам Нью-Йорка, чтобы с утра продавать кофе и пончики жителям города, который он не может считать родным. Таких, как он, можно встретить на каждой улице. Сможет ли он когда-либо изменить свою судьбу?

Новый год в Иране празднуется 21 марта в первый день весны. Веками в этот день готовились к предстоящему году. Вечером улицы освещаются весёлыми праздничными фейерверками. Девушку Рухи наняли помочь в этот день прибраться в одном доме. Она готовится к свадьбе и полна надежд на счастливое будущее, а её же вынуждают окунуться в проблемы личной жизни работодателя, которая очень далека от ее идеала.

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.

For Hussein, a pizza delivery driver, the imbalance of the social system is thrown in his face wherever he turns. One day when his friend, Ali, shows him the contents of a lost purse, Hussein discovers a receipt of payment and cannot believe the large sum of money someone spent to purchase an expensive necklace. He knows that his pitiful salary will never be enough to afford such luxury. Hussein receives yet another blow when he and Ali are denied entry to an uptown jewelry store because of their appearance. His job allows him a full view of the contrast between rich and poor. He motorbikes every evening to neighborhoods he will never live in, for a closer look at what goes on behind closed doors. But one night, Hussein tastes the luxurious life, before his deep feelings of humiliation push him over the edge.

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.

Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural Kurdish village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.

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.