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As Raman prepares to migrate out of Iran, his friends plot the perfect way to celebrate his impending departure. However, their path is plagued with conflict; an unresolved argument over the accidental death of a friend and a conservative elder brother who looks upon their lives with disdain, further resolves to stop the celebration.
A man dreams of a box of gold waiting for him at the end of a cave. Curbed by his religious belief that it is not permissible to go after it himself, he employs the assistance of a non-believer and together they embark on a long journey across the Iranian landscape in pursuit of a miracle. Their treasure hunt soon turns tempting also for those they meet along their way. Aliyar Rasti’s allegorical breakthrough turns a road trip into a play of hide and seek between faith and human frailty.
In a desert at the southernmost point of Iran, a young man's mind is taken over by the whispers in his head, while his friend tries to rescue him from a darkness only he can hear.
In a world where suicide requires a permit, a man seeking to end his life meets "Soulbound." To regain his permit, he must spend a day with this enigmatic figure, whose presence stirs forgotten memories, pulling him back toward the fragile echoes of a life he thought he was ready to abandon.
The film follows Sarah, a middle-aged woman living in Tehran, whose life is turned upside down when her older brother's body is discovered 18 years after his disappearance. As she and her younger brother uncover the dark truth behind his fate, they are forced to confront a childhood mistake that had devastating consequences.
Three members of an extended Afghan family start their lives over in Iran as refugees, unaware they face a decades-long struggle ahead to be "at home".
Mehrad is a 20-year-old queer guy from the upper-middle-class Tehran. Despite the social practices of his class, he decides to deal cocaine in his underground party community and today, he’s going to buy drugs for the first time.
While at the zoo, Ranaa’s mother reveals that her father has left them. As they stroll past empty animal cages, Ranaa reflects on the significance of absence and the importance of cherishing what they have.
Saaghi and her two friends have come to the largest park in Teheran to take pictures of the one-in-a-century total eclipse announced later in the afternoon. Mischievous and rebellious, they steal a camera stand, lie to their parents and discuss boys as well as an upcoming party. Their wanderings lead them to a remote part of the park. As the sun disappears, Saaghi sees something that should have stayed hidden.
A little girl who lives with her mother in Tehran discovers that the sheep in her neighbours’ backyard are being sacrificed in a traditional ritual. She decides to save as many sheep as she can.
In Tehran, a perfectionist mother has planned the perfect engagement dinner party for her daughter. But when the cake is held up in the traffic of a political protest, her meticulous party begins to unravel. The film takes place entirely in the kitchen with the women, behind the scenes of the party, as their pleasantries and "tarofs" slowly crumble. Within this domestic microcosm, the power shifts begin to strangely echo those of the outside world.
In an audition, a husband and wife are asked to improvise. in those role-playing, a discovery occurs that makes their relationship something it never was.
A man returns to his Iranian hometown, which was destroyed in the war 20 years ago. He is searching for his childhood sweetheart who had promised him eternal love – if he were to return as a white-winged horse.
A personal journey through my father's video-tapes to find what's left behind, what I want to be in my videos, and my mother and her image. Looking for her face.
