Movies: Bahram Ark

Bahram is a 40-year-old filmmaker who’s spent his entire career making films in Turkish-Azeri, none of which have ever been screened in Iran. His latest work, once again denied permission by the Ministry of culture, pushes him to the edge of defiance...

A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s lic...

A chaotic family is on a road trip across a rugged landscape. In the back seat, Dad has a broken leg, Mom tries to laugh when she's not holding back tears, and the youngest keeps exploding into car karaoke. Only the older brother is quiet....

The short film Kuche is the story of a group of documentary makers who go to Mrs. Afkham Shabestri's house to record her memories of her last meeting with her husband, but the film remains puzzled in her dream world to recover her forty-year longing....

A man who wants to pass the border hunts a ram and decides to escape disguised as the animal....

When demonic Jinns threaten his mother, a man must confront the sins of his family and a curse that spans generations....

"Najes" is the story of a religious man's accident with a dog. Due to the belief that the dog is impure, the man's wife and mother are against keeping it at home. But he thinks the life of a dog should be more important than its impurity....