
Saman Salur
Directing
Biography
Saman Salur (born in 1976 in Borujerd) is an Iranian filmmaker.
Known For

Gard Zani series is the story of the fate of Baran and Nima on their wedding night, which changed with the release of a criminal named Shahrokh, which led to the revelation of many family secrets about them and each member of their families.
The Beheading

20 short films about human rights.
Stories on Human Rights

What if you lived by the sea, and one day you stopped hearing the sound of the waves? What would you do then? That's the question posed by Saman Salur in 'Thirteen 59', an introspective study of the psychological side of war. A chief commander in the Iranian army wakes up from a coma years after the war in which he fought has ended. Unable to define himself by the conflict anymore, he struggles to move on from what he has always known and find the peace within himself. Habit is the hardest addiction to kick.
Thirteen 59

The film is set around three protagonists. Two run a gas station on the outskirts of town, on a road that gets next to no traffic anymore, and so they get next to no customers. They live and work out of a decrepit van on site, its windows covered in plastic. Sadry is a former strongman, now blind in one eye. He is the boss of the station. Yadi is his eager to please assistant, who usually annoys more than pleases. Finally there is the postman, Abbas, who longs to trade in his brakeless bicycle for a motorcycle, while he must care for his mentally ill brother.
A Few Kilos of Dates for a Funeral
The tale of two lonely misfits struggling to survive in the asphalt jungle.
Lonely Tunes of Tehran

Hamid and Homa are incapable of having a baby. Rezvan accepts to carry their child in her uterus through artificial impregnation until the child is born. When Homa dies and Hamid loses his memory in a car accident, things get complicated.
Raspberry

The film tells the story of a woman who loves her husband very much, but after a while she learns of her husband's strange behavior, and so on.
Puff Puff Pass

In a harsh and mountainous landscape, at an abandoned station called Tang Haft, Hassan is responsible for transportation of people with a suspended cabin-like device called Gargar over a roaring and wide river. This is an opportunity for Hassan to know people and be witness to their life stories, loves, happy times and sad times. Unexpected events reveal new truths about his only friend, a young peddler known as Angelic Asghar.
Sun Station

Living in the harsh conditions of the desert, two young brothers resort to a life of crime in order to survive. While one is dangerously involved with opium dealers, the other steals fuel from trucks then sells it back to the drivers. In the midst of an arid landscape, the pair pay little heed to their nefarious lifestyle. But as they interact with various people over the course of a single day, the brothers feel the winds of change in the air.
From the Land of Silence

A documentary about controversial Iranian singer Mohsen Namjoo.