Iranian Cinema
Filmatique’s Iranian Cinema series spotlights the works of filmmakers working in the Islamic Republic alongside those belonging to the Iranian diaspora, including several who have been officially banned from the production of motion pictures.
Screening works from Jafar Panahi, Mohammad Rasoulof, and Ali Soozandeh, this collection also features a three-part study of Iranian cinema before and after the revolution, from renowned scholar Jamsheed Akrami.
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3 Faces
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Jafar Panahi • Iran-USA • 2018 • An Iranian road film, foregrounding female perspectives.
Behnaz has received an alarming video. Marziyeh, a young woman, personally appeals to Behnaz for help, then appears to commit suicide onscreen. Visibly shaken, Benhaz walks off the set of h...
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Manuscripts Don't Burn
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Mohammad Rasoulof • Iran • 2013 • A political thriller that strikes at the heart of Iran's regime.
Khosrow and Morteza are hitmen for the Iranian regime. They proceed with their work with calm detachment, convinced that their actions are justified under sharia law. Their newest ...
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Taxi
Jafar Panahi • 2015 • Iran
Banned from filmmaking, Panahi has adopted a new hobby—driving a taxi.
He navigates the streets of the Iranian capital picking up passengers: two women with a goldfish, a bootleg DVD dealer, his young niece.
In Taxi, from the vantage point of the cab's dashboard a po...
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Tehran Taboo
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Ali Soozandeh • Germany, Austria • 2018 • A gorgeously animated portrait of contemporary Tehran.
Pari is a prostitute in Tehran. She wants to leave her husband, but needs a judge to sign the court order. Her arrangement with a corrupt magistrate leads to other favors she earns i...
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There Is No Evil
Mohammad Rasoulof • Iran-Germany-Czech Republic • 2020 • An incisive look at contemporary Iran
Shot in secret and smuggled out of Iran, There is No Evil is an anthology film comprising four moral tales about men faced with a simple yet unthinkable choice — to follow orders to enforce the death p...
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This Is Not a Film
Jafar Panahi • 2011 • Iran
Banned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi inscribes small acts of resistance in the fabric of quotidian existence, as he remains enclosed within the confines of his Tehran apartment.
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Iranian Cinema Before and After the Revolution
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Three works by film scholar Dr. Jamsheed Akrami that explore Iranian Cinema.
