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Iraj Raminfar

Iraj Raminfar

Art

Biography

Iraj Raminfar is a Persian art director, production designer, and costume designer. He graduated in art directing from FDA and studied architecture in France. He began working in the cinema with Stranger and Fog. As one of the most prominent art directors, he has published a book based on his experiences.

Known For

Sarbadars
6.5

Sarbedaran is a historic series based on the revolt of the 'Sarbedar's of Khorasan, led by Sheykh Hasan Jowri against the Mongol Conquest of Iran. The director of this series is Mohammad Ali Najafi and it is written co-directed by Keyhan Rahgozar. Parts of this series also refer to the previous leader and the pioneer of the movement, Sheykh Khalifa of Mazandaran.

Sarbadars

1984
Sultan and Berger
5.0

One evening in a grand royal palace, a frivolous and grotesque sultan has a nightmare. The great diviner concludes that on a full moon evening arrows of doom will fall on his head. Frightened, the sultan feels discomfort and falls ill in bed...

Sultan and Berger

1983
Crimson Gold
6.9

Pizza man Hussein is a daily witnesses to the unjust distribution of wealth in his native Iran. One day, he finds a purse filled with shockingly expensive receipts from an upscale jewelry store. He attempts to bring the purse back to the store, but because of his working-class attire, he's not allowed inside. Then, during a delivery, a rich man invites Hussein into his extravagant mansion – an event that spurs Hussein to make a desperate bid for wealth.

Crimson Gold

2003
Death of Yazdgerd
7.8

Bahram Beyzai's poetic imagining of the circumstances that led to the death of Yazdgerd III, the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, was mysterious: his corpse was discovered in a mill, but the cause of his death—and the whereabouts of his remains—are unknown.

Death of Yazdgerd

1982
Offside
7.0

During the 2006 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain, numerous young women are caught and rounded up for dressing as men so they could gain access to the game. Guarded by several soldiers in a holding pen, the women attempt to keep updated on the score.

Offside

2006
The Circle
7.0

Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.

The Circle

2000
Bashu, the Little Stranger
7.4

During the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu, a young boy loses his house and all his family. Scared, he sneaks into a truck that is leaving the area. He gets off the truck in the Northern part of the country, where everything from landscape to language is different. He meets Naii, who is trying to raise her two young children on a farm, while her husband is away. Despite cultural differences, and the fact that they do not speak the same language, Bashu and Naii slowly form a strong bond.

Bashu, the Little Stranger

1989
One Night
4.4

On her way home one night, a young working girl who lives alone with her mother is asked to go sleep at her friend's house. She wanders all night in Teheran and meets three men who have different stories.

One Night

2005
Forties
4.5

Negar is a married woman who works at a musical company. When she is given an assignment to collaborate with an Iranian expat Orchestra leader, she...

Forties

2010
Havana File
2.0

A scientist has to face many hurdles to be able to continue his work.

Havana File

2006
From Afar
N/A

"From Afar" traces the malaise of a young artist and intellectual in three episodes: Book Burning, Breathing and Dawn. The Young protagonist lives in contemporary Tehran and he appears as a film student, an asthmatic businessman and a successful architect. In each story, he journeys toward a spiritual insight or emotion.

From Afar

2006
What's the Time In Your World?
7.4

A woman comes back from Paris to her country after a long time. She meets a man that she hardly knows, but he knows a lot about her life.

What's the Time In Your World?

2015
Killing Mad Dogs
6.8

Golrokh, an Iranian author, struggles to settle her husband's debts caused by a business partner who left him to bear the consequences.

Killing Mad Dogs

2001
Travelers
6.9

A young woman's wedding becomes a ritual of mourning when her sister and family die in an auto accident on the way to the wedding. The sisters' mother refuses to accept her daughter's death, and in the midst of wedding guests and mourners, including the drivers of the truck that caused the accident, she orders the wedding to take place. But how can the daughter marry in the midst of a wake and without the family's traditional mirror, which the sister was bringing to the service?

Travelers

1992
The Winning Card
N/A

The manager of a successful travel agency, Arman, has just got away with committing huge financial fraud. Now he intends to flee the country before the authorities can catch up to him.

The Winning Card

2004
The Insane Flew Away
N/A

Yalda is married to Rouzbeh who is an injure of war. Rouzbeh's health getting worse and they should hospitalize him. Although Yalda loves Rouzbeh very much but she begins to doubt her ...

The Insane Flew Away

2003
The Stranger and the Fog
8.3

In a remote seaside village, the peaceful lives of the residents are upended when they spot a mysterious boat drifting toward the shore. Upon pulling it in, they find a weary and wounded stranger named Ayat, who has no memory of how he got there. He only recalls being attacked and barely escaping with his life. As Ayat tries to rebuild his sense of self and uncover the truth about his past, he becomes a source of curiosity and suspicion in the community.

The Stranger and the Fog

1975
Suddenly a Tree
4.6

Farhad tells the story of his life to a psychiatrist. In the time of the Iran-Iraq War, Farhad is arrested and charged with illegal migration. When he is freed years later, he goes to his old love, Mahtab. Through conversations with his psychoanalyst and interrogations with the police, Farhad reveals the story of his life.

Suddenly a Tree

2019
When We Are All Asleep
4.2

Chakameh, who has lost both her husband and child in a car accident, meets a guy who was recently released from prison. While she is under pressure from lawyers to compromise with the arrested driver, the guy tells her his story of his arrest and subsequent release from prison.

When We Are All Asleep

2009
The Legend of the King and the Shepherd
N/A

One evening in a grand royal palace, a frivolous and grotesque sultan has a nightmare. The great diviner concludes that on a full moon evening arrows of doom will fall on his head. Frightened, the sultan feels discomfort and falls ill in bed...

The Legend of the King and the Shepherd

1983