This documentary was compiled from videos and short films that people recorded with their smartphones and anonymously shared on digital platforms during recent demonstrations in Iran. The film also includes clips from news reports, interviews, political and social events, as well as footage from the human rights parliament.
For many years, Iran has been a refuge for refugees from Afghanistan. War, human rights violations, and the power of the Taliban make a dignified life in their own country hopeless. Many Afghans therefore flee into exile to protect their children and somehow survive. But in Iran, they face many other problems. This documentary film […]
For Rona, happiness means being there for her own children. Unfortunately, this desire for a harmonious family life is not so easy to realize. The family must flee. Misfortunes drive the peace-seeking family into a profound crisis. The son Azim tries to hold together the shaky foundations of the family.
The film shows a group of young Iranian mountain bikers who dream of becoming world-class riders but face social and financial constraints on this path. Although the film focuses on a small group of young people, it reflects the search for joy and excitement in the everyday life of an entire generation.
The film is about a girl living alone who struggles with mental health issues. When one of her neighbors enters her lonely life, she is able to take the first step toward a “normal life.”
The documentary is about the liberation of the Persian Gulf, the independence of Iran, and the discussion about a possible new name for the “Persian Gulf.”
A film plea for humanity.
In 2001, the Taliban blew up Buddha statues in Bamiyan, one of Afghanistan’s cultural centers. Amid the caves of the former monastery in the area, Bakhtay grows up—a girl torn between fighting local gangs of boys her age and her deep desire to find a place in a new girls’ school.
Sonita is 18 years old, from Afghanistan, and lives as an undocumented migrant in Iran. Her dream is to have a career as a rapper. She hopes to escape her family’s plan to sell her to an unknown husband. The Iranian director Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami followed Sonita Alizadeh for three years and documented her story.
The film tells a very poetic story about a girl in shattered Afghanistan who must navigate new freedoms and old restrictions after the Taliban regime.
