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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • Endless Borders

    An exiled Iranian teacher helps an Afghan refugee family, triggering a multi-layered crisis of commitment.
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  • Hit the Road

    Slightly absurdist portrait of a chaotic family on a road trip, but what is their destination? Irresistible Iranian debut, winner Best Film in London.
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  • Silence

    As a theatre play about the life of an ancient Iranian mystic awaits its contemporary premiere, old sentiments arise.
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  • One Image, Two Acts

    Oil production, ideological propaganda and political shifts in Iran meet in this essay based on BP’s image archive.
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  • The Rain Falls Where It Will

    Riveting, sensitive Iranian film discusses medical-ethical concerns about euthanasia, using intimate conversations and supernatural events.
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  • The Deer

    When a good man fallen on hard times meets his former protégé, fate puts their relationship to the ultimate test. Iranian cinema megacla
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  • The Crown Jewels of Iran

    A vanguard work for Iran’s New Wave in its never-before-seen, uncensored original version.
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  • Chess of the Wind

    A long-lost, legendary classic of Iranian New Wave cinema that mixes Hitchcockian scares and thrills with refined formalist aesthetics.
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  • Careless Crime

    A wild mix of quirky fiction feature and playful historical film essay investigates a key moment in Iranian (cinema) history.
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  • The Son

    Ultimately compassionate Iranian drama about an incompetent man in his forties living with his mother, who suddenly dies.
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