The Time I Came Back

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 Lost Land

Years ago, young men enlisted in the army to defend the "Democratic Sect of Azerbaijan," but the sect's rule lasted only one year. Soon after, the cult's most influential soldiers and cadres were arrested and deported to Siberia. Now, after sixty years, each of them resides in one of the liberated territories of the Soviet Union, longing to revisit their homeland.

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 Bright House

Sohrab returns to Iran after years abroad. Despite all the psychological pressures of his homecoming, he stays in a house in which he finds a young girl living in the shadows. After the death of her father and a failed romance, the girl (Arghavan) now lives with her mother. She has contracted a disease, which can only be cured by darkness and silence. When Sohrab sees her, she tries to bring her back to life. He sets out to film the daily lives of people but only in activities that inspire hope. It proves to be a difficult mission. Each filmed person faces the camera and asks her to come into the light, but Arghavan remains mired in her pain. She asks Sohrab to go film her hometown in western Iran where she last saw her father. There, he confides in her, facing the camera as he makes a confession.

Wishes of the Land

A young teacher who travels to a village for teaching, finds out about a couple that are in love and tries to help them.

The earring