K9 and Black And White River
Black And White River (Roodkhan'e siah sefid)
(Country: Iran; Year: 2019; Director: Farzin Mohammadi; Writer: Farzin Mohammadi; Stars: Amin Esfandiar, Morteza Pourali)
The story of the artistic crisis facing young filmmaker Amin, who is trying to recover lost time.
World premiere
Creation Between Two Surfaces
(Country: Iran; Year: 2019; Director: Hossein Rajabian; Writer: Hossein Rajabian; Stars: Taher Baloei, Farnaz Yazdi, Saghi Zinati, Abbas Abolhassani, Reza Amoozad, Ardeshir Teimoori)
Worried that he might go mad, a man enlists in a state-run psychological experiment.
Dream's Gate (Darvazeye royaha)
(Country: Iran, France, Norway; Year: 2023; Director: Negin Ahmadi; Writer: Negin Ahmadi)
The director sets out with her camera in order to follow the lives of an all-female militia group fighting in Syrian Kurdistan... discovers kindred spirits.
International premiere
K9
(Country: Iran; Year: 2023; Director: Vahid Vakilifar; Writer: Vahid Vakilifar; Stars: Marjan Sadeghi, Ali Hosseini, Mehdi Mirzaeian, Fatemeh Mortazi)
A solar eclipse has brought people to the edge of madness. Believing that this is the wrath of God, a group of extremists go out of their way to clear the land of all culprits.
International premiere
The Locust (Malakh)
(Country: Iran, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Faezeh Azizkhani; Writer: Faezeh Azizkhani; Stars: Hanieh Tavassoli, Pegah Ahangarani, Pedram Sharifi, Ali Mosaffa, Ramin Sadighi, Shirin AghaRezaKashi, Ahmad Azizkhani, Majid Azizkhani, Dorna Madani, Dariush Hekmat, Amaneh Agharezakashi)
A fast-talking meta-comedy about filmmaking anxiety.
No End (Sonsuz)
(Country: Germany, Iran, Turkey; Year: 2021; Director: Nader Saeivar; Writer: Nader Saeivar; Stars: Vahid Mobasseri, Shahin Kazem Najad, Fahime Jahani, Narjes Delaram)
An honest man falls victim to the secret police.
The Skin (Poost)
(Country: Iran; Year: 2020; Director: Bahram Ark, Bahman Ark; Writer: Bahram Ark, Bahman Ark)
Only by confronting the sins committed by members of his family and the curse which has plagued them for generations can the hero attempt to deflect the evil spirits that threaten his mother.
A Trip To The Moon (Safar be mah)
(Country: Iran; Year: 2020; Director: Mohammadreza Shayannejad; Writer: Mohammadreza Shayannejad; Stars: Monir Beytari, Misagh Bahrololomian, Sadra Behbodi,Parisa Hoseini)
Avant-garde film. Sounds are mechanical waves remaining in the space without disappearing. Zoya has gone to the Moon. Now, Farid needs to build his device to recover those sounds.
European premiere
Zapata (Amozadegan)
(Country: Iran; Year: 2023; Director: Danesh Eghbashavi; Writer: Danesh Eghbashavi; Stars: Reza Massoudi, Mahya Sadr, Amir Samavati, Iman Gheiratmand, Mani Sedighi, Elham Shakib)
Mockumentary.
World premiere