Kids of Tehran

Skateboarding is still a new sport in Iran, which turns skaters into an exotic curiosity, watched sceptically on the streets. Joining two guys, Ali and Erfan, and one girl, Elham, on the skateboard “Kids of Tehran” expl

Tehran Today

A short documentary about Tehran that mainly focuses on the industrialization, modernization and Westernization of the city in the 1960s

Lonely Tunes of Tehran

The tale of two lonely misfits struggling to survive in the asphalt jungle.

Tehran Blues

Different faces show us an Iran where tradition and modernity coexist and confront each other. Erfan Shafei invites us to discover a country through its music and its people. Erfan is a funny and ironic young Kurdish man

Farewell Tehran

Tehran 51

The documentary "Tehran 51" has recorded the social and economic characteristics of Tehran in 1973. The filming of this documentary lasted twelve days and presents a picture of chaos in Tehran.

Tehran Another View

Leili and Pasha, who were once in a relationship, unexpectedly meet each other at a mutual friend’s wedding ceremony. Told in flashback, the film makes us dive into their past and witness how they met, how tension arose

Our Man in Tehran

Chronicles the true story behind Argo’s Hollywood embellishments by looking at the efforts of the venerable Ken Taylor, Canada’s former ambassador to Iran, who personally sheltered six American diplomats in the operation

Alone in Tehran

I Love Tehran

This first feature film of Sahand Samadian relates the current situation of various young Iranians in today’s Tehran. Four groups of young Iraninan men and women and one married couple symbolize the reality of modern-day

Boating in Tehran

It's about a man who returns to iran after many years and the feeling of old love awakens in his heart in the beautiful atmosphere of Tehran.

Firecracker of Tehran

White Wall Tehran

In January 2007, I was stopped on the streets of Tehran by members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, who claimed I had been filming them with my Mini DV video camera. They detained me momentarily and erased 27 seconds

Sounds of Tehran

Tehran: Another Side

During a season of intensifying relations between the United States and Iran, Sam Ali Kashani returned to his family’s homeland during the summer of 2007. Like the majority of Iranian-American families that ultimately s

From Tehran to London

Mania Akbari’s From Tehran to London (2012), has a Russian-doll structure. It begins with Akbari shooting her latest film entitled Women Do Not Have Breasts about a couple, the young poet and writer Ava and her upper-cla

Tehran Dances

‌A young man and woman are in love, but a wealthy older man comes between them. Through various schemes and deceptions, he eventually succeeds in marrying the young woman. The young man refuses to give up, and after a se

Los Angeles/Tehran

Two men come to Iran. One to visit his grandmother and another as an art dealer. When they discover that they are neighbors, the story begins.

A Death in Tehran

At the height of the protests following Iran’s controversial presidential election this summer, a young woman named Neda Agha Soltan was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran. Her death — filmed on a cameraphone, then

Nights of Tehran