Overview of articles
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The Firm Land
When a remote village by the Indian Ocean is struck by a deadly disease, the villagers go to the city to find some learned men…Published on: -
Among the Clouds
Story of a teenage Iranian boy who earns his living carrying luggage for tourists at an Iranian-Iraqi border. When he falls for Noura, a beautiful…Published on: -
Packing
Genuine and authentic fiction, moving in its simplicity. Two boys, a watermelon and the market.Published on: -
Hafez
As well as being a talented student, Hafez is also a romantic poet who fancies the daughter-in-law of the mufti. He’s caught out and embarks…Published on: -
Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine
Light-hearted and wise tale about death and artistry, is first film by Farmanara in twenty years. He plays the lead as a director who makes…Published on: -
Blackboards
Second film by the director of The Apple. Looking for pupils, teachers with blackboards in the backs crisscross the dangerous border area between IranPublished on: -
Zamani barayé masti asbha/A Time for Drunken Horses
A moving, docu-realistic image of barren life high in the mountains of Iranian Kurdistan, where five orphans, one of whom is severely ill, try to…Published on: -
How Samira Made The Blackboard
Documentary by Maysam Makhmalbaf, the younger brother of successful director Samira, about the ‘making of’ her feature The Blackboards and his sister’Published on: -
Le tableau noir
Second film by the director of The Apple. Looking for pupils, teachers with blackboards on their backs crisscross the dangerous border area between IrPublished on: -
Unfinished Stories
Roaming the streets at night is usually no fun and certainly not as a woman in Teheran, with almost insoluble problems. A grim portrait of…Published on: