Needle

Taha, a ten years old, is involved in a play in which children imitate their parents' roles. Living with his divorced mother, Taha understands new things about his mom by playing her role.

A violent quarrel breaks out between a couple at midnight. Being at a relative's house in the north of Iran, they depart for Tehran in the middle of the night, but they do not bring along their son. Something terrible happens on their way...

J is in their early teens and lives in the countryside. J has been diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder, goes by the selected pronoun “they”, and takes hormone blockers to suspend puberty. While J’s parents are away, their older sister and her Iranian boyfriend are assigned the duties of house-sitting and looking after J.

After moving from Iran to the US, Leila spends a day at the suburban house of her uncle Reza who she last met 13 years ago as a young girl. Reza, his daughter and his colleagues get together to welcome Leila.

The Baron in the Trees is a short narrative film about a pair of identical twins: one of them is playing a role in a children’s theater and the other one is a spectator of theshow. The identical appearances and different behaviors create a motif for the film. Along with Anahita’s previous short films When the Kid was a Kid and Needle, The Baron in the Trees will be the last piece to a trilogy of short films with young protagonists. Growth, gender-identity and family dynamics are the main themes of this trio.

The Winds Blows Wherever it Wants was created as a short during a Kiarostami workshop. After seeing it, Kiarostami and the viewers suggested for it to be made into a full feature. Three years later it'd become 'Mourning' , but even at this early stage the key ingredients are already there. A road-movie about deafness and childhood set in beautiful Iranian landscapes.

My Life is Wind is the story of Myriam’s first weeks as a refugee in an alien land told in the form of an intimate letter.