During the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu, a young boy loses his house and all his family. Scared, he sneaks into a truck that is leaving the area. He gets off the truck in the Northern...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Portrait Iran Cinema |
Tipology | Feature Film |
Set on the sun-drenched southern coast of Iran, from which director Amir Naderi hails, "Harmonica" begins as a young boy receives a musical present from abroad. Fascinated and...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Portrait Iran Cinema |
Tipology | Feature Film |
Set against the stunning landscape of rural Iran, Shirak is a symbolic rural drama centered on a young boy who lives in a small agricultural village that is being terrorized by...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Portrait Iran Cinema |
Tipology | Feature Film |
Based on the novel "My Sweet Orange Tree" by José Mauro de Vasconcelos.Majid lives with his mother in his bad-tempered stepfather's house. He gets on Javad's lorry secretly but...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Portrait Iran Cinema |
Tipology | Feature Film |
A man begins a journey in search of himself. When he returns home he is a different, wiser man.
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Portrait Iran Cinema |
Tipology | Feature Film |
The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay enough. A friend connects Nasim to...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Portrait Iran Cinema |
Tipology | Feature Film |
On the eve of the New Year, two young men, Javad and Amir, try to catch a big fish.
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Portrait Iran Cinema |
Tipology | Feature Film |
Amiro is a young boy who has lost his home during the war. He spends his days by working odd jobs, until he realizes that the only way that he can realize his dreams is by...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Portrait Iran Cinema |
Tipology | Feature Film |
A young teenager returns home after an absence to find his village in Iran deserted because of an incredibly severe drought. He begins a search to find his family, traveling...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Portrait Iran Cinema |
Tipology | Feature Film |
An 8 year old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Portrait Iran Cinema |
Tipology | Feature Film |