Vida Ghahremani

The Stoning of Soraya M.

Bita

In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in tragedy.

Dark Holiday

Hanifa Woman

American tourist Gene LePere (Lee Remick), on vacation in Turkey, is hounded by a street vendor into buying a carved head she doesn't want. Then she is cast into prison for smuggling an antique.

Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero

Maman

A wannabe private investigator wins the Green Card lottery and moves to America to pursue his dream only to find himself embroiled in a conspiracy to start the next world war.

Guests of Hotel Astoria

Mahin Khanoom

An Iranian couple (Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mohsen Marzban) declare themselves political refugees after police detain them on their way to Cuba.

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

Madame

The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries keeping an emotional distance but when this finally fails she begins physically avoiding her father. He confronts her about an affair with a married Russian man and she, in turn, lets loose about all the gossip she'd heard as a young girl about his alleged affair with a female colleague back in China.

Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses

Self

An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.

Crossroad of Events

In Tehran, a young man struggles between keeping his integrity and joining a band of criminals to prosper for the woman he loves.

The Midnight Terror

Mehri

Amir who needs money to marry with his fiance Maryam begins to do illegal working in a gang of a guy Afshar. Afshar's wife falls in love with Amir but he doesn't care for her. One day Afshar sees them alone and becomes suspicious.

Khodadad

Mansoor Khan's Daughter

Khodadad, who is interested in gold, is expelled from the village due to his foolishness. A group of smugglers mistake Khodadad for their boss at the capital's train station because of their resemblance. They intend to kill a man named Mansour Khan. When Khodadad meets Mansour Khan and his daughter, he warns the daughter that the idle young men surrounding her are not good friends for her. Mansour Khan approves of Khodadad's behavior and promises to go to Khodadad's hometown and ask the headman to agree to his marriage with Gold. The smugglers plant a bomb in Mansour Khan's car, and after realizing Khodadad's resemblance to their boss, they tie Khodadad's hands and feet and imprison him in the basement of a building. Khodadad frees himself and, after saving Mansour Khan, traps the smugglers for the police.

Tomorrow Is Bright

When a woman finds out that her husband has been influenced by a cabaret singer, she changes her appearance and behavior and once again approaches her runaway wife and tries to lead her to family life. With the help of her staff, the cabaret singer takes the woman, and the husband, with the help of the police, catches them and begins a new life with his wife.

Spoiled

A middle-aged couple travels from a small town to Tehran with their young son to visit their friends and their daughter. However, both families, to hide their true age, make their young son and daughter appear as young children. Despite this, the son and daughter gradually fall in love, and after a while, their love is revealed, thus exposing the pretense of the adults.

Hysteria

Mother (voice)

A Croatian soldier turned boxer is haunted by disturbing dreams of the Virgin Mary that lead him to post-911 America (Oakland) to fulfill a religious vision in this suspenseful and timely look at the violence underlying any form of fundamentalism. Made in the months following the 9/11 attacks, the film offers a warning to anyone who misreads religious texts as a means to profaning the holiness of life.

Salt Pan Fishermen

In a southern port, two tribes are engaged in fishing. These two tribes have long had differences. Their dispute is about access to salt, which is absolutely impossible for one of them to obtain. As a result, despite much hardship and effort in fishing, due to the lack of salt to preserve the caught fish, their product constantly spoils before it reaches the market, which has led to numerous conflicts. Suddenly, two loves emerge. The roots of discord and hatred push these two loves to the brink of destruction, but ultimately it is love that, after years of conflict, brings the two tribes closer together.

The Legend of the North

The rural couple leads a peaceful life until the landlord comes to their village for his vacation. The lustful landlord is captivated by the woman and intends to assault her. When the husband finds out, he confronts his landlord, and as a result, incidents occur.

Love and Vengeance

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The Hundred Kilo Bridegroom

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Daughters of Eve

A young man from a small town comes to Tehran and stays in a building with many tenants, and after a short time, he falls for the neighbor's daughter.

Fire and Ashes

After the death of her young husband, Mahmoud, Parvin leaves Abadan for Tehran to prevent her mental illness from worsening, and lives with her uncle and aunt. One night in a restaurant, she meets a young man named Saeed who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.

The Postman

A young postman in the neighborhood falls in love with a girl. The girl looks like her and is very wealthy. This resemblance creates problems and causes misunderstandings between the suitors of the lookalike girls. But eventually the truth is revealed and the postman marries the girl he loves.