Movies: Iranian new wave

An 8 year old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school....

A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on...

Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness," of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes, with religion and gratitude....

An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns....

After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her....

Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he offer...

Rain Tree (Persian: درخت بارانی‎‎) is a 2001 Iranian drama film Written and directed by Hossein Shahabi....

THE BRIGHT DAY weaves a story that has its roots in the complexity of Iran’s draconian laws governing capital punishment. A kindergarten teacher hopes to aid the father of one of her young students, a man accused of manslaughter, by convincing each o...

A railway crossing guard and his wife live in a routine of total isolation and uneventfulness....

A documentary about life and career of an eighty-year-old Iranian actress, Iran Daftari....

Mr Ahmadi gets on an inter-city minibus for a relatively straightfoward trip. The mileu of arrivals and departures brings his journey new meaning....

Forough is a middle aged woman whose husband has temporarily married with another woman. Even though that was kept secret from her, but his action is considered legal in Iran. Now the husband is in prison, due to not being able to pay second wife’s “...

Tunnel 18 (Persian: تونل 18‎‎) is a 1997 Iranian Historical drama film written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)...

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The Last Word (Persian: حرف آخر‎‎) is a 2009 social drama Iranian film Written And Directed By Hossein Shahabi. This is a film about Iranian champion athletes....

For forty years, Esfandiar has been unconcernedly preparing corpses for the journey to their final resting place. One day, whilst preparing a burial service, he's taken ill. Might he too be mortal?...

A film written and directed by Siavash...

Hundred to one hundred (Persian: صدبرابرصد‎‎) is a 1995 Iranian film written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)...

Echo (Persian: پژواك‎‎) is a 1997 Iranian Drama film Written and directed by Hossein Shahabi....

Elevator (Persian: آسانسور‎‎) is a 1995 social drama Iranian film, written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)...