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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 kePublished on: -
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…Published on: -
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,Published on: -
The Crossing
Bâbak, a refugee from Afghanistan, has lived in Brussels for twenty years. The meeting with another foreigner in the kitchen of his tumbledown lodgingPublished on: -
Luna Papa
The maker of Bratan tackles it this time on a grand and exciting level; Monty Python in Central Asia. An eccentric family (made up of…Published on: -
Voices of Bam
Poetry on the rubble of Bam. The beautiful historic city in Iran was razed to the ground by a major earthquake in 2004. The documentary…Published on: -
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 rainPublished 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: