Acting
Maryam Boubani
Born June 17, 1953 · Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran (age 73)
Maryam Bobani, (born 1953, Sanandaj) Maryam Bobani began taking acting lessons at an early age. She made her film debut with a short role in Kamal Tabrizi’s ‘A Mother's Love’ (1997). Since then, she has appeared in several movies
Known For
Sisters Apart · 2021Sisters Apart
★ 6.02021
MovieDramaWar
Rojda, a native of Iraqi Kurdistan and a soldier in the German army, travels to a refugee camp in Greece where she manages to meet her mother, who has bad news about her sister Dilan.
The Wind Carpet · 2003The Wind Carpet
★ 6.32003
MovieFamilyDrama
Japan and Iran are not in close relationship. More than 4 centuries ago, however, Persian carpets were used in the festival of Takayama, a historic city in mountainous area of Honsyu. A man planned to resume the carpet in the festival, and asked Kinue, a Persian carpet designer, to design it. Kinue's husband, Makoto, is a carpet importer. They send the design to Iran to weave the carpet. But just before Makoto goes to Iran to receive the carpet, Kinue dies of a traffic accident. A month before the festival, Makoto went to Isphahan, Iran, to receive the carpet. He brings his daughter Sakura, who does not open her heart after she lost her mother. To surprise, the carpet production has not even started. It will take 3 months from the start. For Makoto it means he betrays not only the festival planners but also his late wife.
Black Horse Memories · 2015Black Horse Memories
★ 4.22015
MovieDrama
A group of young people are trying to teach Kurdish in Turkish Kurdistan, a land where the teaching of the language is forbidden by Turkish authorities. Part of their work is to print clandestine schoolbooks in underground schools and distribute them. One of the girls in the group, Aseke, is killed on a mission and her friends decide to carry out the final request she made in her will. She had been brought up with a black horse, now in the remote Anatolian mountains, and her request is to bring the horse back so that they might meet one last time before she is buried. The arrival of the horse leads to some unexpected events.
ShakhShakh
MovieDrama
After the violent death of her husband, Parisa is placed in a psychiatric facility while awaiting investigation. As strange visions begin to haunt her, the line between trauma and reality slowly dissolves, and something powerful starts demanding to be seen.
Rainbow's Tale · 2025Rainbow's Tale
2025
MovieDrama
Connects seven stories of children facing different forms of violence, exploring how unresolved childhood trauma can lead to struggles in adulthood, perpetuating a cycle of hurt and harmful behavior.
Housemate · 2008Housemate
2008
MovieComedyFamily
The film tells the story of a young woman who is studying at a university in Tehran. During her final semester, she fails one of her courses and is therefore forced to remain a student for another semester. However, there is a problem: she is no longer allowed to stay in the university dormitory. She has no choice but to look for a place to rent, but with the money she has, she cannot find a suitable home. Meanwhile, one of her friends makes her a suggestion…
My Second Year in College · 2019My Second Year in College
★ 1.02019
MovieDrama
Mahtab and Ava are classmates in their second year of college studying engineering. The story begin when they and other classmates go on a trip to Esfahan.
Facing Mirrors · 2012Facing Mirrors
★ 6.12012
MovieDrama
Rana has chosen a path in order to support her family, while Adineh (Eddie) has fled his home and city to escape his complicated situation as a transsexual man prevented from living as his true self by his family. They find themselves on the same journey and caused to know each other in a better way.
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