SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN (Iran)

  Tehran, July 2007: Reyhaneh Jabarri, 19, has a business meeting with a new client. When he locks her in the apartment and attempts to rape her, she reacts in self-defense by stabbing him. Later that day, she is arrested for murder, and her trial results in a...

WINNERS (Iran)

In a small provincial Iranian town, the children work hard to support their families. One day nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla find a precious gold statue.  As the authorities search for the lost treasure, sharing Yahya’s passion for cinema, Yahya’s boss...

UNTIL TOMORROW / Juste une nuit (Iran)

  Fereshteh has to hide her illegitimate baby for one night from her parents who turn up for a surprise visit. Her friend Atefeh helps her. They embark on an odyssey during which they must carefully weigh up who their allies are. UNTIL TOMORROW is a selection...

WHEN I BECAME A BUTTERFLY – Iran

Based on true events, a meek woman in an unhappy marriage and her emotionally distant son have to cover up her husband’s accidental death while avoiding his mother, employer, and drug dealer.  She must get a job and learn to drive, to keep up the act to find a better...

AFRICAN VIOLET (Iran)

Middle-aged Shokoo (Fatemeh Motamed Arya) finds out that ex-husband, Fereydoun, has been placed in a nursing home by their children. She, and second husband Reza, decide to take care of Fereydoun themselves in their own home. In doing so, however, this new situation...