Roya Javidnia

African Violet

When Fereydoun's children put him in a nursing home, his ex-wife Shokoo takes him to her house although her new husband does not quite approve.

Acrid

Immersed

Hassan Karkhaneh, a veteran detective on the verge of promotion, is faced with the case of a woman who vanished following a suspicious accident. Despite psychological pressure and systemic opposition, he grows suspicious of the mysterious Maahak and launches a private investigation. Caught between the law, his conscience, and a mental breakdown, Hassan must decide how far he is willing to go to save Leila.

Dustland

The truth carries a heavy burden, whether it is said that it sets off a storm, or it remains in the heart that disturbs man. Between telling the truth and revealing a secret or being silent and expedient, one is preferable to the other.

Inversion

Tehran's air pollution has reached maximum levels because of thermal inversion. Unmarried 30-something Niloofar lives with her aged mother, and stays busy with her alterations shop. When doctors insist that her mother must leave smoggy Tehran for her respiratory health, Niloofar’s brother and family elders decide that she must also move away to accompany her mother. Now Niloofar is torn between family loyalty and living her own life. As the youngest she has always obeyed their orders. Can she stand up for herself this time?

Awakening

After a car accident Zahra loses her memory. Psychiatrists are desperate about the case while Zahra is in search for her lost daughter. After 24 years she is awake once again and begin to search for her then 6 years old girl but everything is different now.

Shirin

A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle East -- remains invisible to the viewer of the film, the whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.

The Annoyed

The Annoyed about three directors trying to make a film about social problems of violence and abuse against women and executions.