Mojtaba Mirtahmasb Spotlight

Mojtaba Mirtahmasb Spotlight

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Mojtaba Mirtahmasb Spotlight
  • The River Still Has Fish

    رودخانه هنوز ماهی دارد
    Directed by Mojtaba Mirtahmasb • 2002 • Iran
    Yesterday the river was alive. Roaring, pure and full of fish. But today the river is only a narrow brook without fish that only contain corpses of dead animals and sewage from surrounding houses and shops. In this situation, an ...

  • Back Vocal

    صدای دوم
    Directed by Mojtaba Mirtahmasb • 2004 • Iran
    Back Vocal tells the story of women singers, whose unaccompanied singing is forbidden by religious laws of the country, but who nonetheless try to remain active; even if that means taking the second seat. I knew from the beginning that such a ...

  • Off Beat

    ساز مخالف
    Directed by Mojtaba Mirtahmasb • 2004 • Iran
    Off Beat is about young music lover—influenced by musical trends in the world, some of which are deemed harmful by officials in Iran—who have no place in the formal Iranian music scene and who play music in the quiet of their homes. Once I st...

  • Lady of the Roses

    بانوی گل سرخ
    Directed by Mojtaba Mirtahmasb • 2009 • Iran
    “Lady of the Roses” is the name given to late “Shahindokht Sanati”, a lady who went to Lalehzaar region of Kerman before the Islamic revolution, and replaced poppies with roses and opium with rosewater, and took this so far as transforming...

  • Six Centuries, Six Years

    شش قرن و شش سال
    Directed by Mojtaba Mirtahmasb • 2014 • Iran
    Film portrays the endeavors of a group of Iranian master musicians who are trying to locate, restore and record a repertoire of compositions attributed to Abd al-Qadir Maraghi, a prominent composer who lived six centuries ago and greatl...

  • Touran Khanom

    توران خانم
    Directed by Rakhshan Banietemad & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb • 2018 • Iran
    Touran Mirhadi (Khomarloo) is the founder of Farhad School, the Children's Book Council, and the Encyclopedia for Young People. She was also actively involved with close to 20 other institutions dealing with child devel...