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Films From Iran.


6 pm



Nabi
Hamed Golshahi Migration / drama 20 mins U Iran
Nabi is an Afghan migrant worker in Iran who is fired as a janitor after 25 years of working in a tower. He must fulfill his 25-year-old duties for the last day and leave like a man who never existed.

Thirteen Double Eight
Saber Allahdadian Drama. 12 mins 12. Iran
Amid the chaos of an amusement park, a lost young boy crosses paths with a boy and a girl, both child laborers, who have found his father's wallet. Desperate to repay a debt, the two children see an opportunity. In exchange for becoming their playmate, the lost boy offers them his father’s card PIN as the price of friendship.

The Paper Children
Mostafa Keshavarz. Drama,Children. 14 mins. 12 Iran.
Nosrat, a security guard at an amusement park, is skilled in origami. For some time now, he has been living in the park's security booth with his son, Ehsan, due to his separation from his wife. Ehsan is deeply troubled by this situation. One night, Nosrat finds a little girl, but in a moment of negligence, he loses both his son and the girl.

47:10:00
Serna Amini - Iran. 15 mins U Drama.
After a devastating accident, Hossein learns his wife needs a heart transplant within forty-eight hours to survive. Desperate, he turns to the black market, where he is forced to make an unthinkable decision: sell his son to an infertile family to afford the surgery.
With no other choice, Hossein agrees, hoping this sacrifice will be enough to save
his wife as the operation begins.

Death is Dreaming
Directed by Afshin Soufian - Iran. 20 mins U Drama.
In a desolate desert village suffering from a long drought, the villagers believe that holding a wedding ceremony will end the drought. The villagers choose Rana, a beautiful young girl, to be the bride. Despite her refusal and strong resistance to this forced superstition, the villagers force Rana into marriage and imprison her in the village's qanat, hoping it will end the drought.

The Rope
Saba Javar Animation 17 mins. 12 London (Iran)
A man and his mother are bound by an uncut umbilical cord, limiting their lives. After her death, he must choose between freedom or decaying alongside her, consumed by worms.

In Touch
Marsha Swanson Sam Chegini 4 Mins 12 Animation/Music Video Iran
A poetic journey through life, nature, destruction, and rebirth. Through symbolic imagery and seamless transitions, the video follows a seed’s transformation, leading to the cosmic tree of life. Destruction strikes, but from loss, new creation emerges, culminating in the universe’s rebirth - ending where it began, with a seed.

Blur
Sahra Asadollahi Drama/Short 16 mins. 12 Iran
To comfort her husband after their baby’s tragic death in an accident, a grieving woman borrows the child her sister nannies. She dresses the little girl in their deceased daughter’s clothes, planning to deceive her husband—still unconscious after surgery—into believing their daughter survived. But when he unexpectedly pulls through, she finds herself torn between relief and the crushing weight of her lie.

Like A Secret
Saeed Zamanian. Drama. 20 mins 12A Iran
Baran, a 9-year-old girl, suffers severe trauma due to a bitter family incident and her mother's neglect. She experiences horrifying nightmares both in her sleep and while awake, living on the edge between dreams and reality. Baran strives to find someone she can trust and confide in, someone to share her secret with.

Aftershock
Simin Mohit. Drama 19 mins 12A Iran
Shirin is a young woman struggling with her weight. As her engagement ceremony approaches, she faces intense pressure from her fiancé to lose weight. Over time, Shirin begins to question the values of their relationship.

Colonel’s Song
Sajad Moshtagh. Drama,War. 15 mins 12A Iran.
Taher, a musician soldier, plans to escape from the military base with the help of his lover, Zohreh, before the operation begins. However, the colonel discovers their plan and condemns Taher to play his instrument during the battle. Later, all except Taher and Zohreh go to war and are killed. Taher and Zohreh bury the colonel's body.

Dog
Alireza Hashemi Moghadam, Behzad Aghajani. Drama 11 mins. 12A Iran
A stray dog exterminator accidentally injures a cat hiding under the hood of his car on a cold winter morning. He tries his best to treat the cat before he gets to work

6 am
Mehran Modrig. Social Issues 88 mins 12A Iran
She is going to leave the country to continue on to higher education in Canada. Her family members are worried and act as if they have been already missing her. Before going to the airport, she attends a goodbye party at her friend’s house. Everyone is singing and having a good time when the morality police break in ….

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