Babak Karimi

A Separation

Interrogator

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.

Azaazil

On the night of his wife's birthday, Dr. Shoka Mehrjui encounters mysterious events, including the disappearance of one of their neighbors. A major named Behrouz Sharifi notices the connection between this story and the disappearance of other people and comes up with clues that gradually lead the case to a complicated and unusual path.

The Salesman

Babak

Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.

Once Upon a Time in Iran

Haji Zarrabi

It is the story of a family on the first of September 1941, which undergoes changes during the occupation of Iran by the Allies.

The Lion Skin

Naeem, who has endured 15 years in prison for his daughter's love, faces a major crisis after his release to see her.

The Life Ahead

Mr. Hamil

In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.

Savushun

Let's travel to Iran in the final years of World War II. To a story of history, tragedy, love... to mourning Siavash... to Savushun.

The Past

Shahryar

After four years apart, Ahmad returns to his wife Marie in Paris in order to progress their divorce. During his brief stay, he cannot help noticing the strained relationship between Marie and her daughter Lucie. As he attempts to improve matters between mother and daughter Ahmad unwittingly lifts the lid on a long buried secret...

Quiet Chaos

Mario

Pietro is a successful businessman with a wife and a daughter. One day he helps his brother save two women from drowning at the beach. When he returns home he finds that his wife has died. Now Pietro has to take care of his daughter, Claudia. When he drives her to school soon after, he decides to wait for her all day in front of the school, and soon that's what he does every day.

I Want To Be Alive

Homa Haghi and her love are preparing with the Haghi family to surprise Homayoun, the father of her family on his birthday night. But when the father arrives, the whole family is surprised.

The Vertical Line

Heartfelt Italian comedy-drama about the patients and staff of a hospital oncology ward.

Zeros and Ones

Mullah

Called to Rome to stop an imminent terrorist bombing, a soldier desperately seeks news of his imprisoned brother — a rebel with knowledge that could thwart the attack. Navigating the capital's darkened streets, he races to a series of ominous encounters to keep the Vatican from being blown to bits.

Set Me Free

An invitation letter from the famous singer Daniel reaches Afshanah to meet him, Afshanah, who is eager to meet Daniel, shows up for a romantic date, but..

The Last Prosecco

Zio Cyrus

The suicide of a prominent wine producer unleashes a series of mysterious murders.

A Wedding

Mansoor Kazim

Zahira, 18, is close to her family until her parents ask her to follow Pakistani tradition to choose a husband. Torn between family customs and her western lifestyle, the young woman turns for help to her brother and confidant Amir.

Terrestrial Verses

(voice)

A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse.

Ex

Collega dottore

Six people struggling with their relationship, or lack thereof, cross paths with their respective exes — and discover they might still harbor feelings for each other.

Careless Crime

Mohsen

During the uprising to overthrow the Shah's regime in Iran, protestors set fire to movie theatres to protest Western culture. Forty years later, four people decide to re-create the past by burning down a theatre.

Black Rabbit, White Rabbit

Babak / Antonio

A director is remaking a classic Iranian film in Tajikistan. The studio armorer is worried that the gun they intend to use is not a prop gun, and fears the consequences. A young woman arrives at the location insisting that she be given an audition. At the same time, In another part of town, Sara, recently recovered from a car crash, suddenly realises that her accident was all part of a conspiracy. These people’s destinies inevitably intertwine.

Timo's Winter

Timo, the youngest of a Greek community of Funfair workers, will have to face the hardest winter together with his loved ones.