Feature
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Brick and Mirror

Iranian cinema’s first true modern masterpiece, released in 1964, explores fear and responsibility in the aftermath of the 1953 coup.

Dir. Ebrahim Golestan / 1964 / 130 mins / Iran / Farsi
Feature
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The Carriage Driver

Nosrat Karimi’s 1971 film about ‘marriage Iranian style’ – a kind of commedia all’iraniana.

Dir. Nosrat Karimi / 1971 / 117 mins / Iran / Farsi
Feature
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The Cow

This 1969 film portrays the themes of solitude and obsession in the story of a poor villager whose only source of joy and livelihood is his cow.

Dir. Dariush Mehrjui / 1969 / 105 mins / Iran / Farsi
Feature
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Dead End

A devastating 1977 portrait of love and longing in a country built on fear and surveillance, based on a story by Anton Chekhov.

Dir. Parviz Sayyad / 1977 / 95 mins / Iran / Farsi
Feature
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The Deer

Masoud Kimiai’s 1974 film embodies all that is great about Iranian cinema of the 1970s: it is political, provocative, sincere, angry and tragic.

Dir. Masoud Kimiai / 1974 / 126 mins / Iran / Farsi
Shorts Package
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Golden Age of Iranian Animation, 1965-77

A showcase of Iranian animation, from the early efforts of Western-educated filmmakers to award-winning shorts produced by government agencies.

Iran
Short
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In the Garden of Tulips

A poignant glimpse of the bond between a father and his teenage daughter at the height of the Iran–Iraq war.

Dir. Julia Elihu / 2023 / 13 mins / USA, Iran / Farsi
Short
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In the Shadow of the Cypress

When a beached whale runs ashore, a father and daughter disagree about its fate.

Dir. Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani / 2023 / 19 mins / Iran / No Dialogue
Shorts Package
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Iranian Subversive Documentaries, 1961-67

Three works manifesting the subversive nature of Iranian New Wave documentary cinema as well as their deep roots in poetry.

85 mins / Iran
Shorts Package
Past Event

Kanoon: From Didactic to Poetic, 1974-77

A suite of films produced by Kanoon, the celebrated government agency that brought culture and literacy to children and young adults in Iran.

Iran
Feature
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My Favourite Cake

Tender and funny yet politically daring, this double-Berlinale-winning late-life romance is guaranteed to steal your heart.

Dir. Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha / 2024 / 97 mins / Germany, Iran, France, Sweden / Farsi
Short
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Rhythm

The movement of a train arriving at Tehran’s central station is edited in sync with a maestro percussionist’s mesmerising use of the zarb.

Dir. Manouchehr Tayyab / 1964 / 9 mins / Iran / No Dialogue
Feature
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Modern and traditional values clash in acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s daring family drama, which won two prizes at Cannes.

Dir. Mohammad Rasoulof / 2024 / 168 mins / Iran / Farsi
Feature
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A Simple Event

Made clandestinely with little money and a skeleton crew, Sohrab Shahid Saless’s 1973 debut feature is a quietly, mysteriously simmering masterpiece.

Dir. Sohrab Shahid Saless / 1973 / 80 mins / Iran / Farsi
Feature
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The Stranger and the Fog

In Bahram Beyzaie’s dazzling 1974 film, a mysterious stranger arrives in a coastal village on a drifting boat and falls for a local woman.

Dir. Bahram Beyzaie / 1974 / 140 mins / Iran / Farsi
Feature
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Tall Shadows of the Wind

This symbolic tale of villagers terrorised by a scarecrow they themselves have planted is based on a story by co-screenwriter Houshang Golshiri.

Dir. Bahman Farmanara / 1979 / 109 mins / Iran / Farsi
Feature
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Tranquility in the Presence of Others

Nasser Taghavi’s poignant, tough-minded 1969 adaptation of a story by Gholam-Hossein Sa’edi.

Dir. Nasser Taghavi / 1969 / 86 mins / Iran / Farsi