Retouch: a character study about struggle and sudden unexpected freedom
Kaveh Mazaheri, “Retouch” (2017) A stunning character study of a married woman, submissive to her
Kaveh Mazaheri, “Retouch” (2017) A stunning character study of a married woman, submissive to her
Bahram Beyzai, “Death of Yazdgerd / Mard Yazdgerd” (1982) Running close to 2 hours with
Nima Sarvestani, “Those Who Said No” (2015) A very polished film, complete with stereotypical mournful
Vahid Jalilvand, “No Date, No Signature” (2017) A chance encounter between two characters who would
Ali Asgari, “The Baby / Bacheh” (2014) In the space of 16 minutes, we’re drawn
Jafar Panahi, “Tehran Taxi” aka “Jafar Panahi’s Taxi” (2015) Banned by the Iranian government in
German and German-language Films | Middle Eastern Films
Herbert Ostwald, “Wild Iran” (2011) This documentary follows the Iranian-German wildlife photographer and environmentalist Benny
Asghar Farhadi, “A Separation / Jodái-e Náder az Simin” (2011) A tragic story about how
Bahman Ghobadi, “No-one Knows About Persian Cats” (2009) An ingenious film that uses a fiction
Sadaf Foroughi, “Sara in 10 Minutes / Sara Dar Dah Daghighe-h” (2007) This is a