
Arsalan Amiri
Writing
Biography
Biografia. Born in Kurdistan, he holds a BA in film directing and an MA in dramatic literature, both from the University of Tehran. As a screenwriter, he has co-written, among others, Nahid (2015), presented at Un Certain Regard. Zalava is his debut feature film.
Known For

After losing his son, Tatsuya is anguished by the danger of his ancient family line coming to an end. His mother Haru urges him to embark on a loveless second marriage, and meanwhile he secretly hopes that his daughter Yoshiko will marry a husband willing to adopt the Nikaido name and follow in his footsteps.
The Nikaidos' Fall

After a decade of economic austerity, a middle class couple has managed to buy an apartment on the outskirts of Tehran - but financial issues and the traps of married life catch them and they must now face the consequences of their separation: divorce, and everything that it implies.
At the End of the Night

A young divorcee living with her son in a small northern city of Iran, wants to marry the man she has fallen in love with. According to the current rules, the father has the custody of children; however, her ex-husband has granted her that right on the condition that she doesn’t remarry. Struggling to keep both of her beloved ones, she has to think about the third option: Temporary Marriage (Sighe). However, this will get her into a predicament, as despite its being legal, Sighe is not well-received by the society at all. Would temporary marriage be a good solution for her?
Nahid

When Mahi's son dies in a car accident, Behrouz who has returned to Iran to sell his properties, attends the funeral. Their old romance catches up while Behrouz has planned to marry Sara and go back to Canada with her.
Israfil

Cinematic magical realism meets hard-edged drama in Ida Panahandeh’s stunning look at the life of Titi, an Iranian Roma Gypsy who earns pennies cleaning hospitals, becomes a surrogate mother… and saves the world from a rogue black hole.
Titi

In 1978, the inhabitants of Zalava, a small village in Iran, claim that there is a demon among them. While investigating the strange case, Massoud, a young police sergeant, crosses paths with an exorcist.
Zalava

Mahtab lives in Tehran in 1996, along with her 10-year-old child, Erfan. She has got divorced from her husband, Morteza, who is in jail. Mahtab has enrolled her child in a karate class so that he does not end up like his father as far as his character is concerned.
Punch Drunk

The story of a woman who is forced to cross the border alone to sell her sweets before they go stale.
Sweet Border

Dada Saltaneh is an ordinary woman, striving to achieve her dreams.
Dada Saltaneh

“Zemnako” is a young man who finds out that after the chemical bombardment of Halabja of Iraq in 1988 by Saddam Hussein, he has been brought to Iran and adopted by an Iranian woman. As a single mother, she couldn't get an Iranian ID for him. When his foster mother passes away, he decides to go to Kurdistan of Iraq to find his relatives.