Tag Archives: exile

Writing on the City
6.8

Writing on the City

Feb. 28, 2018

Writing on the City

The formation of a city named Tehran goes back to 200 years ago. Before that it was a small village resting between surrounding mountains. Many ...
Gholam
5.6

Gholam

Nov. 10, 2017

Gholam

An Iranian expat living in London has a shady past and an enigmatic present.
Raving Iran
7.2

Raving Iran

Aug. 07, 2016

Raving Iran

Anoosh and Arash are at the center of Tehran’s underground techno scene. Tired of hiding from the police and their stagnating career, they ...
Baba Joon
6.7

Baba Joon

Sep. 10, 2015

Baba Joon

Yitzhak runs the turkey farm his father built with his own two hands after they emigrated from Iran to Israel. When his son Moti turns thirteen, ...
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
6.9

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome ...
Manuscripts Don’t Burn
7.2

Manuscripts Don’t Burn

Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. At the last minute however, they ...
Rhino Season
6.4

Rhino Season

Oct. 25, 2012

Rhino Season

Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought ...
The Stoning of Soraya M.
8

The Stoning of Soraya M.

A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra, ...
Maryam
6.8

Maryam

Feb. 22, 2002

Maryam

An Iranian-born teenager living in suburban New Jersey thinks of herself as simply an American until anti-Iranian sentiment erupts in her ...
Roses for Africa
7.6

Roses for Africa

Jun. 07, 1992

Roses for Africa

A psychodrama about how injustice is turned into oblivion about an opportunity worker and a woman from the civil house of a marriage for 30 years ...
Guests of Hotel Astoria
6.6

Guests of Hotel Astoria

An Iranian couple (Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mohsen Marzban) declare themselves political refugees after police detain them on their way to Cuba.
The Suitors
6.3

The Suitors

May. 12, 1988

The Suitors

Iranian businessman Haji returns to Manhattan with his new bride, Mariyam. Haji’s friends plan a feast to celebrate the marriage in the ...
The Mission
7

The Mission

Feb. 10, 1983

The Mission

An Iranian assassin is sent to the United States to kill a former Iranian official who served under the Shah of Iran. The night before the ...