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The Lady with Flower-Hair is a woman of forty, on whose hair have grown a set of carnations. She was different even from childhood. She now lives alone. She is preoccupied with the flowers on her hair but the co-existence of two beings with absolutely nothing in common is bound to cause discomfort for one…

Leila, a young provincial girl, has recently married and now lives in Tehran.

Contemporary short film spans from student talents to professional festival movies.

Yasaman has been living with her mother Leila since birth. Leila has never let her see her father. When Yasaman gets brain death in an accident, Leila has one week time to get consent from her ex-husband for a vital issue.

Pirouz Kalantari (*1953 in Teheran) gehört seit Jahrzehnten zu den wichtigsten iranischen Dokumentarfilmern; zuletzt entstanden „Kahrizak, Four Views“ (zusammen mit Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Mohsen Amiryusefi und Bahman Kiarostami) sowie „If There Were Not the Aged-People“ (beide 2012).

Bardou is a 16-year-old teenager who has recently lost his father lives in arid lands along with his sick mother and his younger brother. He tries to convince his mother to leave their home and grave of his father in order to move to the village to have access to medical care.

Negahdar Jamali, an Iranian from Shiraz introduced himself: “My Name Is Negahdar Jamali And I Make Westerns.”

Tennessee Williams’ „Die Glasmenagerie“ im Iran: Die alleinerziehende Farideh sorgt immer noch für ihre erwachsenen Kinder, die den Lebensalltag nicht meistern können: die gehbehinderte Yalda träumt inmitten ihrer Sammlung aus Glasfigürchen, der Bruder Ehsan verbringt sein Leben im Kino. Dann taucht Reza auf…

In the morning of 27 March 2012, the Iranian movie “A Separation” won the Oscar Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. For the Iranian people who were impatiently glued to their TV screens, this was more than a cinematic award.

A number of students have traveled to the Caspian region in order to participate in a kite-flying event during the winter solstice. Next to their camp is a small hut occupied by three cooks who work at a nearby restaurant.

Pari and Farhad are a middle-class family who are both involved in theatre and cinema. They love each other and are happy with their son, though Pari unwantedly becomes pregnant. Farhad insists on abortion but Pari believes the abortion is inhuman and cannot accept her husband’s idea. A baby, who has to possibly make a…

2500-year-old aqueduct of Qanate near Yazd (Sarkh) is considered an environmental UNESCO world heritage. Due to corruption and mismanagement the subterranean canals are not being maintained properly. Wastewater pollution is poisoning pure and clear water on its 84 km watercourse and causing its decay.