Behrouz Gharibpour

A young orphan named Amiro lives alone in an abandoned tanker in the Iranian port city of Abadan. He survives by shining shoes, selling water, and collecting deposit bottles. Although he sometimes finds himself at odds with both adults and competing older kids, he finds solace in dreams about departing cargo ships and airplanes—and by running.

A marionette opera depicting the lives of the great Persian poets Rumi and his companion Shams. All of the dialogue is based off of the poetry of Rumi and Shams.

Hassani is a little boy who is known in his town for being lazy and sleepy. The townspeople each try in their own way to steer him away from laziness, but they do not succeed. Later...