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Solayman Minassian, a Man with a Movie Camera
سلیمان میناسیان، مردی با دوربین فیلمبرداری
Directed by Parviz Jahed • 2006 •
This film honors Solayman Minassian, a distinguished cinematographer in Iranian cinema. Beginning his career as a film technician and cameraman at Ebrahim Golestan's Studio Golestan in the 1960s, Minassian showcased his... -
Abbas by Abbas
عباس به روایت عباس
Directed by Kamy Pakdel • 2019 • Iran
Abbas was an international reporter. He went on the scene of the great events that have shaken the world from the 70s to our days.
He worked for all the major news agencies. In other words, his work is at the heart of the history of news p... -
One Thousand Women
هزار زن
Directed by Mojgan Ilanlou • 2022 • Iran
Under international pressure, Iran had launched women's wrestling in a limited way. Iran was in crisis due to the ban on competitions with Israeli wrestlers. Conservatives came to power and suspended women's wrestling, but women never gave up. -
Homework
مشق شب
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami • 1989 • Iran
In Kiarostami's second documentary feature about education, the filmmaker himself asks the questions, interviewing a succession of invariably cute first- and second-graders about their home situations and the schoolwork they must do there. It emer... -
First Graders
اولیها
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami • 1984 • Iran
Inspired by his work at Kanoon and his own sons' schooling, the first of Kiarostami's two documentary features about education observes a schoolyard full of chanting, playful boys but mainly transpires in the office of a supervisor who has to dea... -
Fellow Citizen
همشهری
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami • 1983 • Iran
Kiarostami's fascination with both Tehrani car culture and the uses of power in post-revolutionary society come together in this documentary about a traffic officer assigned to enforce driving restrictions in central Tehran (a locale near the dire... -
Snailman
مرد حلزونی
Directed by Mazdak Mirabedini • 2021 • Iran
Mohammad Ali Vandi is 43 and a restless wanderer. He has spent his life away from home, delivering food in Oregon in the United States. This is his last day on the job before he returns to his native Iran. Mohammad remembers all the travellin... -
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
مهرجویی: کارنامه ۴۰ ساله
Directed by Mani Haghighi • 2016 • Iran
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report dives into the artistic world of Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. The film offers critical interpretations of his works from cinema experts, enriched with personal anecdotes from his peers. This film ... -
Football, Spiritual Style
شیوه شاغلام
Directed by Omid Abdollahi • 2009 • Iran
A documentary about the life and career of Gholam Peirovani, a football coach in Iran, and he manages his team in a spiritual style. -
Trees Die Standing
درختان ایستاده میمیرند
Directed by Hoda Siahtiri • 2016 • Iran/Belgium
After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, intellectuals and artists fled to Western countries, grappling with the challenges of exile. Delving into the memories and letters of Gholam Hosein Saedi, Trees Die Standing mirrors collecti... -
I Have To Fly
من باید پرواز کنم
Directed by Ghazaleh Razavi • 2020 • Iran
The story of an 80-year-old Armenian man who once was a sailor, now lives alone in Tehran and is planning to marry a young 28-year-old girl. -
Women of the Sun: A Chronology of Seeing
زنان آفتاب: یکگاه نگاری درباره دیدن
Directed by Hamed Zolfaghari • 2020 • Iran/France
A workshop in a small desert village in South Central Iran is set up to teach villagers how to use a camera to make short videos. The remote village faces many issues including drought, poverty, and a frustrate...