Overview of articles
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Roads of Kiarostami
Poetic short film filled with poetry by master filmmaker and photographer Kiarostami about one of his favourite subjects: roads.Published on: -
The Gaze
An Iranian living in Paris slowly goes blind and decides to visit his dying father in Teheran. Concepts such as `looking’ and `seeing’ play a…Published on: -
Be Calm and Count to Seven
Feature début film from Iran tells about people on the country’s southern islands who make their living smuggling a variety of goods, on the run…Published on: -
The Fish Fall in Love
Iranian film about love and cooking. After an absence of 25 years, Aziz returns to his birthplace in northern Iran, where he meets Atieh, who…Published on: -
The Nightly Song of the Travellers
In this intriguing arable, we see an old tailor who goes looking for his home village in eastern Anatolia with a 12-year-old boy after he…Published on: -
Writing on the Earth
Man has a breakdown when his wife dies during labour and their child is also born dead. He becomes convinced that God’s will is to…Published on: -
President Mir Qanbar
Humane and humourous portrait of a retired civil servant Mir Qanbar, who wants to take part in the presidential elections. Far from the capital TeheraPublished on: -
Bagh Dad Bar Ber
Dark, worrying short about a barber in Baghdad who has to earn his visa to the United States in a gruesome way.Published on: -
Shirin
A real experiment by Iranian master Kiarostami, in which he watches 112 Iranian actresses, plus the famous Juliette Binoche, while they view a performPublished on: -
Kindsein im Iran
Genuine and authentic fiction, moving in its simplicity. Two boys, a watermelon and the market.Published on: