Actor: Nazanin Farahani

The Paternal House

A young woman is murdered by her own father, with the help of her younger brother. She is secretly buried in the cellar, a space where the women of the family weave carpets and perform other domestic chores. Her loss, or perhaps her presence, continues to haunt the family as it reverberates through the following generations. Ayyari’s film is staged exclusively in this house and was banned several times in Iran.

Closer

A family reunion after several years.

Sweet Taste of Imagination

An imaginative dreamer university named Garoos professor falls in love with a student who resembles her teacher in this manner. Love story is endangered when a business competitor sets Garoos up for unethical behavior.

Nabat

Saeed is a middle-aged man who lives a quiet life with his daughter, until a woman enters their life...

Expediency

At the beginning of the year, after a revolution, a new political difference took place between an influential figure of a military man and a political party.