East is East

Zero Degree Turn

A 2007 Iranian television series produced in cooperation with Hungary, France, and Lebanon. Set in Nazi-occupied Paris, it follows Habib, an Iranian student who falls deeply in love with a French Jewish woman. When her life is threatened, he enlists the help of an Iranian diplomat to forge passports and smuggle her to safety — a story inspired by the real heroism of diplomat Abdol Hossein Sardari.

So Close, So Far

Dr. Alam, a prolific neurologist and a successful surgeon has drowned himself in his professional and social work in a way that has caused his estrangement from his son. On the night of his son's birthday a shocking fact about his son's health is revealed to him so he tries to track him down.

Silence of the Sea

Settled comfortably in Sweden with his wife and two children, Siavash finds himself at middle age consumed with guilt for having abandoned his parents when he left Iran many years before. A hasty attempt to return finds Siavash stranded in the free port of Qeshm, a sort of island no-man's-land and departure point for smugglers, where the locals are as puzzled by this backwards-fleeing refugee as he is by their unfamiliar customs.

The Music Man

Ali is son of a well-off family who plays the santoor (an Iranian instrument) and has earned some reputation through his concerts and teaching music but is rejected by his family because of this profession, which they despise. He falls for one of his music students but after a short blissful period, life doesn't treat him as well as before and also his addiction agonizes him in his numbered days before redemption.

Mazar Sharif

An Iranian diplomat who miraculously survived Taliban's raid on the Iranian consulate in Mazar E Sharif (Afghanistan) narrates his 19 days of hide and escape to reach Iran's borders meanwhile on the other side, the Iranian troops are preparing for retaliation.

Mainline

The uneasy relationship between a mother and daughter is made all the more turbulent by drug abuse in this downbeat drama from Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab

Empty Hands

Maryam's husband has been a prisoner of war for many years. Maryam leaves the house at night, her daughter suspicious of her. An anonymous call from Maryam's relationship with a stranger says.

A Walk in the Fog

Amin is in coma and has forgotten almost everything about the past, but he remembers some of his misty memories. He decides to make a new past for himself with recollection of these memories.

The House under the Water

"Morteza, in his fifties and just out of jail, is trying to rebuild his life. However, when he is implicated in the drowning death of a child, he is instantly assumed to be guilty. Taher, the police officer assigned to the case, first believes in his guilt, but later becomes obsessed with proving Morteza's innocence. Directed by Sepideh Farsi, and stars Masoud Rayegany and Bijan Emkanian.

Romance

Several young couples' calm marriages are disturbed when a woman enters their lives.

Golchehreh

Based on a true story about Taliban in Afghanistan and how they tried to destroy their National film archive and closing the movie houses.

The Accomplice

The Saburi family is a large and old family that has been exporting and importing flowers and plants for many years. They still live in peace in an old house, the arrival of a young man in this family changes the lives of the whole family.

Crime

Between years 1976-79 in Tehran, the story of Reza Sarcheshmeh, a man who does not want to compromise on his believes. He is imprisoned and then after 2 years released but involved in the Islamic Revolution.

Motherland

After Islamic Revolution in Iran, many iranians left Iran .now some of them returns to their motherland. 2. A German scientist investigated whether turtles which left Iranian beaches returns to their motherland after thirty years or not.

Kissing the Moon-Like Face

Ehteram Sadat and Forugh are neighbor. Their sons disappeared during war and they have been waiting for their dead bodies for almost thirty years.

the Ivy

Maryam Zademeh is a successful lawyer. One of her clients, Atiyeh, is beaten by her husband Jalil, who is suspected of being paranoid. Zademeh obtains a divorce decree from the court, and Jalil seeks revenge on him. The story revolves around the harassment of the husband and the lawyer's marriage, which ends in a full-fledged tragedy...