Is There a Place to Approach?

2007

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Persian   2007   32 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-11-22

Inside Out

2006

A portrait of three transsexuals living in the Islamic Republic of Iran....

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Persian   2006   52 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-10-31

L'Iran: une révolution cinématographique

2006

Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for films which combine remarkable artistry and social relevance. IRAN: A CINEMATOGRAPHI......

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Persian   2006   98 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-11-05

Carpet, Horse, Turkmen

2006

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Persian   2006   N/A   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-11-22

The Eloquent Carpet

2006

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Persian   2006   N/A   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-11-22

Talking with A Shadow

2006

Based on the life and works of Sadegh Hedayat, famous Iranian Writer...

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Persian   2006   92 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-10-05

Tabriz: Images from the Forgotten World

2006

An Armenian photographer's archives, whose ancestors introduced photography to the ancient city of Tabriz in 1900, could be in jeopardy. There are over thousand photographs of historic ......

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Armenian, Azerbaijani   2006   60 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-11-25

Dress Rehearsal: The Brave Hurr's Ta'Zieh

2005

A documentary about the dress rehearsal of The Brave Hurr's Ta'Zieh which is written in the beginning of 19th century by Kashani....

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Persian   2005   50 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-04-02

Ziarat

2005

After Saddam Hussein's removal from power, Iranians rushed to cross the unguarded border with Iraq to visit the shrines of Shi'ism in Karbala and Najaf....

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English, Persian   2005   52 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-03-06

Rangeh eshgh

2004

One week each year Iranians stay out all night. Women abandon legal curfews. Men weep. Communities gather to mourn their saint's death, ask that wishes be granted, give thanks for prayers answered. While this week showcases Iran's......

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Persian   2004   52 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-03-16

Tabous - Zohre & Manouchehr

2004

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Persian   2004   70 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-02-20

Ahmad Mahmoud: A Noble Novelist

2004

A portrait of the prominent Iranian novelist, whose work dealt with the troubled nature of life within his native country, often due to political upheaval....

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N/A   2004   56 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-02-26

Prostitution bag sløret

2004

A documentary that follows two young women raising children and supporting drug habits through prostitution in a country ruled by fundamentalists....

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Persian, Swedish   2004   58 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-03-06

10 on Ten

2004

Documentary where Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami reflects on his own film-making techniques, drawing from his own films - and Ten (2002) in particular....

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Persian, English   2004   88 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-02-01

Az pase borghe

2004

Set in a tight-knit, extremely conservative island community off the Southern coast of Iran where all women wear burkas, this film begins as an investigation into the suicide of a woman named Samireh. Her husband callously says th......

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Persian   2004   52 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-03-14

Daf

2003

This documentary shows us how a Daf elaborated. It's about a family that all their children are blinded and they're running their family business. They're making Dafs which is an Iranian hand percussion musical instrument and nowa......

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Kurdish   2003   30 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-02-21

Lezate divanegi

2003

Documentary showing the backstage of production of Samira Makhmalbaf's film Panj É Asr(At Five in the Afternoon), in Kabul, after the fall of the Taliban regime. Everything was recorded with a small digital camera by Samira's 14-y......

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Persian   2003   73 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-01-14

Barefoot to Herat

2003

Majid Majidi's emotional journey in the refugees camps of Afghanistan before and after the Taliban....

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Persian, Dari   2003   76 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-12-01

Zananeh

2003

Various types of women, including prostitutes and vagrants, are interviewed as they hang out or seek refuge in a ladies' room beside a park in Teheran....

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Persian   2003   55 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-01-24

Asir - Enteza

2003

This movie is about a group of Iraqi war captives who have spent 20 years in a camp in Iran. The prisoners are longing for their freedom and it seems as if the entire world has forgotten them except for the birds in the camp, whi......

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N/A   2003   23 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-01-28

And Along Came a Spider

2003

The real story of Saeed Hanaei, an Iranian religious serial killer who live in Mashhad....

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Persian   2003   52 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-12-26

Five Dedicated to Ozu

2003

Five sequences : 1) A piece of driftwood on the seashore, carried about by the waves 2) People walking on the seashore. The oldest ones stop by, look at the sea, then go away 3) Blurry shapes on a winter beach. A herd of dogs. A l......

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None   2003   74 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-02-02

Gonah-e Maryam

2003

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Persian   2003   N/A   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-10-12

Afghan Alphabet

2002

Documentary showing the life of children of the Afghan villages bordering Iran, and how their life and culture were affected by Taliban regime....

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Dari, Pashtu, Persian   2002   45 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-11-28

Shahrbanoo

2002

Shahrbanoo is the story of an American woman's encounter and growing friendship with a traditional Muslim family living in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Tehran, Iran. When Melissa, a liberal American woman, travels to Tehran......

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English   2002   57 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-03-20

Tabaki

2002

Bahman Kiarostami's charming documentary about mourners-for-hire who are called upon to attend funerals in Iran. With an understated, lighthearted style, Tabaki provides a fascinating view of a peculiar occupation within this reli......

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Arabic   2002   27 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-03-20

Tanhaee-ye avval

2002

Waiting for Godot on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf, an island where decay and luxury life are neighbours. A man in his eighties believes that he is still in charge of a complex for alternative forms of energy which was abolished......

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N/A   2002   19 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-02-23

Pire Hara

2002

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None   2002   36 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-01-17

Composer

2002

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N/A   2002   17 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-12-14

Our Times

2002

Documentary covering women's political involvement and contribution in the 2001 Iranian elections....

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Persian   2002   65 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-12-08

Mystic Iran: The Unseen World

2002

Mystical practices in Iran. Shoreh Aghadashloo narrated this documentary. Explores practices rarely if ever seen on film before....

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English   2002   52 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-03-08

In yek sonist

2002

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Persian   2002   11 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-10-07

Parnian

2002

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N/A   2002   N/A   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-02-09

ABC Africa

2001

Documentary account of the AIDS crisis in Uganda....

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Persian, English   2001   83 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-11-05

The Wives of Haj Abbas

2001

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Persian   2001   N/A   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-11-23

Football beh sabk-e Irani

2001

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Persian   2001   N/A   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-12-26

Ta'zieh: Another Narration

2001

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Persian   2001   75 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-11-26

La Candidate

2000

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N/A   2000   15 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-01-12

Samira cheghoneh 'Takhté siah' rol sakht

2000

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English, Persian   2000   76 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-10-27

Zinat, One Special Day

2000

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Persian   2000   56 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-12-10

Iranian Journey

2000

Massoumeh Soltan Baloghie is the first woman long-distance bus driver in Iran and, probably, in the whole Islamic world; an "ordinary" woman in an extraordinary situation....

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Persian   2000   83 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-03-09

The Wave on the Shore

2000

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Persian   2000   N/A   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-10-26

First Children

1999

A drama documentary about the international children's day of broadcasting...

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Persian   1999   92 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-01-06

Zendegi dar meh

1999

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Persian   1999   28 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-09-08

Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty

1999

A documentary about the most important modern Iranian poet and intellectual icon....

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Persian   1999   60 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-11-25

Mokarrameh, Memories and Dreams

1999

Mokarrameh's home overflows with vivid paintings, giving insight into the lives of Iranian women. Mokarrameh, a widow in a rural Iran, once owned a beloved cow. She had to seek grass on a long and tiring walk to feed the animal. O......

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Persian   1999   90 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-10-19

Young Directors

1999

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Persian   1999   N/A   Documentary Movies from Iran   2024-01-06

Divorce Iranian Style

1998

A documentary about real divorce cases in Iran's tribunals....

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Persian   1998   80 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-08-17

Ardekoul

1997

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Persian   1997   29 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-07-18

Pish

1997

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Persian   1997   46 min   Documentary Movies from Iran   2023-07-18