Cinema-ye Azad

In a satirical collage of Iranian cinema films, the confrontation between FilmFarsi filmmakers and Iranian art cinema ends with the arrest and exile of young amateur filmmakers from professional cinema

This film follows the restless lives of two young pickpockets through the labyrinth of seedy streets and shadowy alleyways, in a world where every day ends in triumph or ruin.

A social portrait of two young lovers that reflects the larger prejudices of society.

When Pari confronts Parvin to stop her affair with her husband, their encounter unfolds in a way neither of the two women had anticipated.

MirNasir, who thinks that life has finally shown him a bright side by finding a genie, realizes that the genie has been imprisoned inside the glass for too long.

Every day, a young trumpeter plays his trumpet from a high point facing the city and events around him suggest something is happening in society.

A young photographer who took a picture of a father and son returns to them to give them the photo, only to find the son alone.

The film follows a blind young man in Lorestan who spends his summer alone in his village while everyone else has moved under the mountain away from the heat. He waits for cars next to the road in hopes that they will give him money. While trying to find a car that passed him one day he finds a water stream by accident and the calmness of its environment makes him seek refuge there every day. But the seasons change and after the first rain, the small stream turns into a big body of water and the young man is left with nowhere to bring him happiness every day.

A documentary by Hassan Bani Hashemi about Bandar Abbas and the Persian Gulf in the 1350s (1970s). A calm and observational film that captures the coastal life, natural landscapes, and local culture of southern Iran.

A young man is working hard at a blacksmith shop. After seeing pictures of massive iron structures in the newspaper, he feels upset about how insignificant his own handiwork is.

A day in the life of an orphan boy who finds a broken toy in the trash.

An entity that is all ears, living in an apartment complex in a city with towering skyscrapers and full of (noise), finds life difficult to bear due to its sensitivity to (noise). It discovers a solution: a record that, when placed on a gramophone, broadcasts negative frequencies of outside environmental sounds. And the result of the (sound) played from this.....is the (sound) of silence… silence.

Produced in the educational center of Cinema-ye Azad, the seventh filmmaking workshop.

When a young man encounters the body of his old friend by the sea, he tries to uncover the truth about the cause of his death.

The joyful and dreamy adventures of a boy on his way to school.

DokhtarBaas, the only girl in the family, is home alone. She finds a new playmate due to her father's illness.

A youth heads to the city for a job, but after no luck, he ends up having to steal.

Fishing in the river is banned, but two men go fishing secretly every night to make a living. One of the men's sisters tries to stop her brother. Her effort leads to a tragedy.

Short Documentary about tabas earthquake in iran.

A woman heads to the graveyard after waking up in a time she no longer belongs to.