Between Shadow and Light

A docudrama about art and creativity; based on modern art gallery in Tehran and its founder Jazeh Tabatabai.

An engineer attempts to keep his family safe from the revolutionary turmoil of 1978 Iran.

THE LOST REQUIEM is a documentary film by Iranian filmmaker Khosrow Sinai about Polish refugees in Iran during the second world war.

A tragedy in which a young woman from an Arab tribe, prevented from marrying her non-Arab Persian lover is forced against her wishes to marry her cousin.

We follow a young man reflecting on his life in this thought-provoking tale of childhood. Forced to flee the devastated village of Abadan with his family at the beginning of the war, the young man returns years later. As he surveys the ruins of his former homestead, he remembers how his family adapted to a new life, his boyhood escapades, and his first love. An elegant account of how war affects the lives of children, this drama is a must see.

Persian Carpet is an omnibus film produced by Iran's National Carpet Center and Farabi Cinema Foundation where 15 renowned Iranian directors contributed films on the subject of Persian carpet. Carpets are the reflection of the cultural and historical identity of Iran.

Documentary about the life and works of Sadegh Hedayat. It follows a teacher, a researcher, and a journalist as they discuss some of Hedayat's most famous works and their influences. The film intermixes the three conversing along with a narrated history of the author with images.

With the beginning of the Islamic Revolution, and the escalation of the conflicts and SAVAK agents fleeing, Doctor, one of the most outstanding members of SAVAK, hides in a village. During this retreat, he gradually goes over his past and remembers how he stepped on the corpses of the innocent and even submitted his wife to his bosses to get to the position he wanted. Doctor's wife who has committed suicide, doesn't let his mind settle down at all as he's facing with his past, and this ruins his mental and emotional balance. The curious villagers who thought he was a doctor at fırst, consider him a lunatic after seeing him isolating himself and his abnormal behavior. The longer the Doctor's isolation continues, the more he struggles with his own soul, and one time, his ignorance causes his house to catch fıre. Doctor, who thinks he's been attacked, fıres all of the bullets his pistol has.

Part 3 of documentary trilogy about Persian poet Forough Farrokhzad. This part focuses on her theatre and film work.

This movie takes a unique look at Baghtcheban School, the special school for deaf children, how it deal with teaching the kids and how they lives are effected by it.

There are 50 different colours of soil on Hormuz Island. An eco-artist travels there to teach the women inhabitants how to create works of art from the soil.

A documentary comparing the city of Tehran to a human being — its aging, decay, and the need for care and renovation of its worn-out urban fabric.

Part 1 of the trilogy concerning Persian poet Farough Farrokhz. This film traces her personal life.

From the very beginning of art history, artists have looked beyond the material and natural world in creating their works. This film explores the deep and essential relationship between the arts and religious rituals across the centuries.

Short film by Khosrow Sinai

Building technologies that work in harmony with nature is a relatively new concern for modern humanity. Traditional and indigenous technologies, by contrast, were developed over centuries to coexist with nature rather than oppose it.