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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • Exteriors

    Trilogy about contemporary Iran. The nephew and niece of a discouraged intellectual from Tehran find an independent film and its notes about social an
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  • Sounds of Silence

    The contemporary independent music world in Iran seems to be swinging and developing strongly, but nothing is further from the truth. Musicians are ke
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  • An Eclipse Which Dropped From the Sky

    Short film about the absurd experiences of people during a complete eclipse of the sun.
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  • AB, BAD, KHAK/WATER, WIND, SOIL

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  • BICYCLERAN/THE CYCLIST

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  • ANSOUYE-E ATACH/BEYOND THE FIRE

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  • Iran Is My Land

    Masterful film about a young Iranian writer from Kerman who has written a hefty tome about classic Persian poetry. He has to ask for permission…
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  • De wind zal ons meenemen

    New film by Kiarostami is set in a Kurdish Iranian village where an ‘engineer’ is looking for an archaeological treasure, according to the villagers,
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  • Root

    Disconcerting portrait of homeless addicts in Teheran who use a corpse to beg for money. Nominated for the Tiger Awards for Short Film.
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  • Full or Empty

    Iran is not the country for idiosyncratic ambitions. But that doesn’t get rid of the ambitions: the energetic young protagonist wants to teach in rain
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