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The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
Marziyeh Meshkini's compelling and poignant study of the elementary problems faced by women in Eastern societies looks at three different generations in a triptych of subtle, bittersweet and surreal episodes. In the first, a little girl,... see more »
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The Circle (2000)
Set over the course of a single day, Jafar Panahi's powerful film is an ensemble piece that tells the stark tales of several young Iranian women and the harsh society in which they live. Beginning with a childbirth, and the ensuing despair... see more »
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Secret Ballot (2001)
In Babak Payami's wry satire, an unsuspecting soldier awakens to discover that he can forget about another uneventful day at his remote Iranian island outpost. It's Election Day! A ballot box is parachuted down as a young woman pulls up to... see more »
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In This World (2002)
Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient In This World follows young Afghn Jamal (Jamal Udin Torabi) and his older cousin Enayat (Enayatullah) as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their... see more »
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Crimson Gold (2003)
Beginning in extraordinary fashion with a hold up on a Tehran jewellery store that ends in tragedy, the film then backtracks to detail the events that drove an essentially ordinary, decent man to crime. Scripted by Abbas Kiarostami and... see more »
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At Five in the Afternoon (2003)
The latest film by internationally acclaimed young Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf is the first to be made in Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban regime. Set in the ruined city of Kabul, it tells the story of Noqreh, a young... see more »
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The Apple (1997)
'The Apple' is the haunting first feature by Samira Makhmalbaf, the daughter of Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, when she was just seventeen. Based on a true incident and featuring the family involved, the film tells a bizarre but... see more »
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Taste of Cherry (2 Discs) (1997)
Winner of the Palme D'Or at Cannes 1997, 'Taste Of Cherry' is a deep philosophical study about a man who is so tired of life that he wants to commit suicide. Cruising the outskirts of Tehran, Mr Badii searches for an accomplice who is... see more »
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Close Up (1990)
A brilliant exploration of the power of movies, Close-Up reconstructs the true story of a cinephile's attempt to become a filmmaker he admires. Hossein Sabzian introduces himself as celebrated Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf and, under... see more »
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Stray Dogs (2004)
Marziyeh Meshkini's beautifully crafted and moving insight into post-Taliban Afghanistan follows the fortunes of a young brother and sister and the dishevelled dog they rescue from a Kabul street. Visiting that jail where their mother is... see more »
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The Unveiled (2006)
Unveiled begins as the plane carrying Fariba (Jasmin Tabatabai) leaves Iranian air space. As she removes her headscarf, her radical process of reinvention begins Persecuted in Iran for her love of another woman, she flees to Germany to... see more »
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It's Winter (2006)
It's Winter" begins as a man leaves his wife and daughter in Tehran to search for work abroad. Months pass and the family hear no word from him. Meanwhile a stranger arrives in town also in search of work, whose eye is taken by the... see more »
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Half Moon (2006)
Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he sets out for the long and troublesome journey in... see more »
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The Wind Will Carry Us (2 Discs) (1999)
Palme d'Or winning-director Abbas Kiarostami's acclaimed film documents the arrival of an engineer and his colleagues from Tehran in a remote village in Iranian Kurdistan. Assumed by the locals - with whom they form an ambivalent... see more »
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A poetic look at how violence and tragedy shape the lives and minds of children, from Iranian director Hana Makhmalbaf, daughter of acclaimed director Mohsen, sister of Samira and at 19 the youngest of the remarkable clan, with this her... see more »
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