Persian Lessons

Occupied France, 1942. Gilles is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temp

The Persian Version

When a large Iranian-American family gathers in New York City for the patriarch’s heart transplant, a family secret is uncovered and catapults the estranged mother and daughter into an exploration of the past.

Persian Pickles

A swimming study of paisley patterns traces this decorative motif from its origins in Persian weavings to appearances Irish quilting and American Counterculture. Extending on the stroboscopic tradition of anti-animation,

Persian Story

British Petroleum-produced film. A twenty minute Technicolour film shot during the last few months before the Company's staff left Abadan in October 1951. It gives a vivid impression of the oilfields and the life led by

Persian Walk

The title of the film, Persian Walk, refers to Montesquieu's well-known book Persian Letters, in which we see and interpret contemporary French reality through the eyes of a loyal stranger, a Persian prince. The film is

Persian Rug

Two carpet cleaners see their lives change drastically after an unexpected event during an ordinary day at work.

Persian Carpet

Persian Carpet is an omnibus film produced by Iran's National Carpet Center and Farabi Cinema Foundation where 15 renowned Iranian directors contributed films on the subject of Persian carpet. Carpets are the reflection

Persian Gulf

The documentary examines the Persian Gulf and the surrounding islands in terms of geography, economy, history, and the customs and traditions of the people of those areas.

Persian miniatures

An overview of the evolution of Persian miniatures, on the pretext of an exhibition of Hossein Behzad's miniatures in Prague in 1956

Persian Powder

Endless powder fields and a magnitude of potential lines aren't immediately what you may think of when talking about Iran... This mini documentary tells the story of Iranian pro snowboarder Mona Seraji who invites two f

Persian Blue

Love in Persian

Felix Klare and newcomer Mona Pirzad play the main roles in the comedy "Liebe auf Persisch": While the beautiful interpreter, with a weakness for Goethe and German rap, brings him closer to the culture of their country,

Persian Catwalk

Follows the routine life of Mahdis, a 20 year old Iranian girl who wishes to be a model. However, modeling and fashion is frowned upon in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mahdis' father is also a highly religious man who do

The Persian Lamb Coat

Piero arrives in Paris from Luino after having won a pool tournament with friends. In the train he meets the famous place Ramazzini and has so many incidents that culminated with his arrest and the confiscation by the co

hayedeh: legendary persian diva

Hayedeh: Legendary Persian Diva is a 2009 documentary film about the late Iranian iconic singer Hayedeh, made by the exiled musician and journalist Pejman Akbarzadeh in The Netherlands. The 100-minute documentary was fil

Pood, Persian Carpet

Pood, Persian Carpet...

Arusi Persian Wedding

Persian Garden

Persian Garden, gives a behind-the-scenes look at the largest and most ambitious art exhibition in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Persian Series #12

"Hot" by-play of reds-greens-yellows in black, blurred, finally, as the color shapes are shifted violently from side to side, finally ending of a sharp entanglement of multicolored twig-like and/or stem-like forms.

Persian Series #13

Persian Series #13 is a series of extremely dark images, mostly in purples, greens, and fiery red-orange-yellows, shifting one to another in displays of textured shapes which suggest a thick tangle weave of threads.