The Nights of Tehran
The city prosecutor, due to overwork, neglects his wife. In this situation, a bad friend deceives his wife, and she elopes with him. From then on, the prosecutor himself takes on the guardianship of his only daughter.
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The city prosecutor, due to overwork, neglects his wife. In this situation, a bad friend deceives his wife, and she elopes with him. From then on, the prosecutor himself takes on the guardianship of his only daughter.
In the back of a taxi sits a young local actress wearing a bridal gown and smoking, talking with the driver who remains out of shot, reprising the star's words in Persian. In their new geographical context, these observa
This film is a modern rendition of a long tradition of so-called “symphonies of a metropolis”. The glassy facades of this city’s skyscrapers reflecting the passing by people of its diverse districts, shown in the reflec
Tehran's untold sociopolitical history through rare, unseen film archives spanning over a century.
In an age of body anxiety, filmmaker Afsaneh Salari embeds herself in the offices of Iranian plastic surgeons to interview their clients with humour and empathy.
Through digressions such as the life of W. J. Elms, an employee of the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies, who made an error of a single punctuation mark and painter Samuel Morse who developed the Morse code, thi
A village girl works as a maid for a wealthy family. The daughters of the household constantly bully her. Once at a party, she catches the eye of a rich young man, and despite the sabotage from her employer's daughters,
Marzieh is a young female actress living in Tehran. The authorities ban her theatre work and, like all young people in Iran, she is forced to lead a secret life in order to express herself artistically. At an underground
The frontwoman for an Iranian death metal band risks everything as she plots to call the cops on her own underground concert in the hopes that the raid will help her secure her asylum in another country.
The Tehran Vahdat Hall was Iran's first and only classical opera and ballet house. Commissioned in 1966 by the Shah's regime, the main hall resembles Vienna State Opera. Its ornaments reiterate the forms of Persepolis, t
A group of people are searching for a man who unknowingly carries a treasure map in one of his pockets.
"Tehran on the Walls" is an attempt to present a different perspective on the current situation in Tehran and its challenges from various biological, social, and cultural aspects. Using the language of art and images, th
This documentary examines the long-term transformations of Tehran's architecture—a city that was once celebrated as a “city of gardens” but now shows little sign of the once-abundant trees and lush greenery.
This is the story of Tehran from the Qajar time (middle of 19th century) to today. Tehran has become a metropolis from a small village, now a developed city with many social problems.
A documentary film of a young filmmaker's journey back, after an 8-year absence, to his parent's country to capture his experience in one of the most complicated and misunderstood countries in the world. A personal narra
Goli is a young girl from an Afghan immigrant family living in Tehran. To continue her studies at the university, she must travel to Afghanistan and obtain a legal Iranian visa not to be expelled from the university. Lon
In 1973, on the brink of the Yom Kippur War, two Mossad agents, Haste and Zahiron, are sent to Tehran to gather intelligence on Iranian military movements and Arab ties. Amid rising tensions, Haste falls for an Iranian g
The smell and taste of bread trigger feelings and emotions in Shirin that remind her of her childhood. She decides to return to Tehran, her hometown.
Tehran Is the Capital of Iran (1966-79) documents life in a deprived district in the south of Tehran. The images of destitution in Tehran's poor areas is accompanied by a variety of spoken accounts: the official viewpoin
The second feature film to be edited using footage from Hatami's miniseries Hezar Dastan.