
Mehdi Jafari
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Biography
Mehdi Jafari (Persian: مهدی جعفری; born 1969) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. In 2021, he won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Director at the 39th Fajr Film Festival.
Known For

Two Iranian pilots are in a special mission to save the people of a Syrian city who are surrounded by the terrorists. But they have to face many challenges before manage to accomplish their mission.
Damascus Time

Behind each person is a story , behind each story is a person , so we have to be patient before any judgment
Barcode

Moments after the earthquake, a young teacher in a village outside the town of Bam, scrambles from under the rubble and finds out that her colleagues has died in the quake. She sets out for the town of Bam to get rescue aid for the villagers, but to her amazement, she discovers that the main tragedy has occurred there. Cries of help are heard from every side and the hospital is filled with the injured and the dead. On the recommendation of a cleric, she goes to the mortuary to help with the washing of the dead bodies of women. A prisoner, who managed to get out after the prison building is destroyed asks the teacher to wash the bodies of his dead mother, wife and child, Arezu.
Wake Up, Arezu!

The young couple Vahid and Marjan had divorced a few months ago but have not told anybody. Marjan dies in an accident and Vahid is blamed for it.
The Atmosphere Station

Arash is an Iranian academic who lives in the West. He returns to Iran to teach in Shiraz, a city far from Tehran where his mother lives. Drawn into a series of domestic and financial dramas, he faces a country that is now alien to him. Following the death of his father and the discovery of what his “respectable family” has become, he is forced to make choices.
A Respectable Family

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.
The Corridor

The story of 23 young Iranian warriors who were captivated by Iraqi army.
The 23

The film tells the story of three young people, each of whom sets out from Bandar Abbas to Tehran to achieve a goal.
Goodbyeless

Sina Maleki has only a few months to pass the entrance exam. On the one hand, the shaky foundation of the family, and on the other hand, his acquaintance with a young man who loves music, creates adventures for him.
Dying in September

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.
Ice Age

The film tells the story of a couple whose lives Majid and oregano subject to what is due to cultural differences.
For Pooneh's Sake

The film, which is in sharp monochrome, relates the story of a twenty-four-hour-long journey of two young Iranian soldiers (Issā and Emād) and a civilian driver (Amu Rahim) transporting thirty-eight Iraqi prisoners of war, taken from behind the Iraqi line, to a garrison inside Iran. From the details one is informed that the Iran–Iraq War has entered into its third year. The film masterfully depicts the deep inhumanity of acts of war amongst nations by showing the shared humanity of the combatants on both sides
Night Bus

Omid happily celebrates his birthday with his wife and her family at a beautiful villa near the Caspian Sea. A phone call from Omid's ex-wife puts the festivities on hold as she drops a bombshell that threatens to unravel the new life he is trying to lead. Written by Iranian playwright Mohammad Yaghoubi, this insightful drama tackles marital and social issues with sharp dialogue and knowing humour.
Drought and Lies

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The Momentary Marriage

Vandad is notice about his father's death so he comes to Kish. In the same time Parmida is noticed about her mother death so she comes to Kish, too. But they understand that they are in the same boat.
Whatever God Wants

The story of the film is about the first months of the imposed war. At a time when families in different cities of Khuzestan were forced to leave their homes and all their attachments and took refuge in other cities to save their lives. But in the meantime, the mother does not intend to leave her home. Meanwhile, the older son and the teenager of the family are angry with this decision of the mother. They constantly complain to their mother that they should leave like all the locals so that they are not destroyed. She argues with her mother under any pretext and talks about leaving. The mother, however, loves the house where she became a mother more than Edo imagines.
Yadoo
With the successive defeats and failure of Iranian forces during the imposed war, Ali Hashemi and Hamid Ramezani establish the top-secret "Nusrat" reconnaissance base to use the local forces of the region to identify the Great Horus and prepare the ground for carrying out an innovative military operation.
Pesarane Hoor

Nana Ali's dinner was left open. The sound of the red siren and the anti -ancestor's voice in the dark depth of the alley worried. Granny Ali's coming from the front to comment on the front, on the session of the Jaluyeh, at the meeting… Twenty years
Hoor's Tears

About a family and a boy that during a war between Iran and Iraq stay in their home even when enemy is close.
Yadu
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