TUE 10 SEPT
The Muse ART GALLERY
269 Portobello Road, W11 1LR




Iranian Films


6 pm



From Carpet to the Heavens
Reza Khanlari. Documentary. 40 mins. Iran. U.
Exploring Ramadan's cultural tapestry in an Iranian city, our documentary unveils timeless traditions, communal rituals, and familial bonds amidst the sacred month's spiritual journey.

STRATOSPHERE (STRATOSFER)
MAHMOOD. POUYANDEH 12 minutes. Iran. U Drama.
A young dance instructor girl tries to enroll her brother in an elite state-run school. The brother does an excellent job in the school admission interview but the headmaster thinks that she can’t afford to pay the school tuition.

Inside The Skin
Maryam Mahdiye/Shafagh Abosaba. Drama, LGBTQ, Youth. 17 mins Iran. 12.
As a teenage football player preparing for an important match, Ali must keep a secret hidden. But when Hamed finds out about it, the path ahead of Ali becomes shrouded in doubt.

She was a star
Neshat Shabani Drama. 15 mins. Iran. U.
An old woman lives in a nursing home, she used to be a famous singer and now she has Alzheimer.

Subzero
Laleh Noureddin Mousa Drama 10 mis. Drama. Iran. 12A
Shima and several young girls and boys are trying to illegally cross the border of Iran on foot. Smugglers inform them that due to the risk of being caught in the border area,
they have to spend a few days in an abandoned factory. However, the conditions
there are not as expected by all of them.

Birthmarked
Mehrshad Golkarian Drama 18 mins. Iran. 12.
Fatemeh, a 14-year-old girl with a birthmark on her left breast, is being forced by her father to marry a suitor at such young age. Being dissatisfied with this, she orchestrates a daring action to prevent this early marriage.

UNPARALLEL WORLD
MOHAMAD YARAGHI. Drama Iran. 23 mins. 12A.
Hana is a poor girl, motherless and forced by her father to work as a peddler at a traffic light. She has a dream, but a tragic event sweeps away her hopes.

Recurrence
Ali Alizadeh. Drama 15 mins Iran. 12A.
An old man can't find his cows. Realizing there's no place for him in his house, he leaves, and the cows come back.

Reprieve
Hani Salamani. Drama 15 mins Iran. 15.
A prisoner faced the death sentence for the crime of complicity in murder. to save himself from execution, he committed another murder in prison to reprieve his execution for investigating the new murder case by the law. Now it is the last night of the prisoner's life to spend his last moments with a mullah who came to execute him

Purchasing officer
Ali Tavakoli. Drama Iran 16 mins 12.
On the way to prison, a woman meets Masoud, a middle-aged taxi driver. After realizing that the woman's husband is in prison for debts, Masoud try to help her. He suggests a dangerous fraudulent trick to find the money.

Blur
Sahra Asadollahi. Drama. 15 mins Iran. 12.
In order for her husband to find solace and peace of mind after an accident that led to the tragic death of their one-year-old child, a woman borrows a child from her sister, who works as a nurse in a nearby home. She dresses the child in their daughter's clothes, hoping to make her husband believe their daughter is still alive. She is certain that when the man regains consciousness, his vision will be unclear, and he won't notice the difference between the child and their own.
However, the husband ultimately survives the operation. The woman is now torn between finding joy in his survival and grappling with the lie she told him.

Glory Of The Meadow
Nima Shamsaei. Drama, Children. 15 mins Iran. 12A.
Cyrus, a twelve-year-old native boy, discovers his disabled father's failed suicide attempt by finding a bullet hole in their house wall. Cyrus strives with all his might to restore a sense of efficacy in his helpless father and reclaim his role as a father in the family. Eventually, the father accepts Cyrus's affection and hope enters their lives.

House Of The Moon
Hamidreza Maghsoudi. Drama, Children 15 mins Iran. 12.
Shilan is a 10-year-old girl who was born with a birthmark on her face. Because of that, she is restricted and resented by his father and the people around her. In this process, she decides to prevent the suffering that is going to happen to her. lamb, so that the lamb will not suffer like she is. In order to save her lamb's life and find her identity, she confronts this issue and stands in front of her father, although she does not have the power to prove her words

Dream maker
Mohsen Mehri Darouei, Milad Kiaei. Drama, Sci-Fi. 14 mins Iran. 12.
After an unintended incident, a man is tragically blamed for the death of her daughter. Burdened by guilt, he endeavors to replace the haunting memories of his past with artificially crafted, sweeter ones.

Almond eyed
Javad Hakami. 15 mins. Drama Iran. 12A.
A young girl wants to deliver a suitcase to one of the students residing in a university's dormitory, but the old janitor wouldn't let her in. So the girl leaves the suitcase next to the door and disappears. The janitor opens the suitcase and finds something unexpected.

CUT
Saba Amiri 15 mins Drama. Iran. 12A
This film is about a young and lonely girl who, after being left by her fiance,
falls into depression. One day, her ex-fiance's niece, who has feelings for the girl from the past, approaches her. The girl, haunted by old resentments, decides to take action
that will change her life.



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